Six sanction matches for Antonio Rüdiger, two for Lucas Vázquez and none for Jude Bellingham after his expulsions in the outcome of the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, according to the decision of this Tuesday of the Single Judge of the Competition Committee of the Spanish Federation.
The German central, when operating on Tuesday morning of Menisco, it was already low for the five meetings that remain from the League and the sixth, if the disciplinary measure will be maintained, it would be fulfilled at the premiere of the next season. Lucas Vázquez, receiving less than four, will be available in what is left of the championship and the punishment only affects the Cup.
Rüdiger launched an object to Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea, in the 120th minute, who did not impact the referee and had to be held by several people in the band “showing an aggressive attitude,” the minutes detailed. A few hours later, he apologized through his social networks (“There is no excuse for my behavior, I apologize again to the referee and all whom I disappointed,” he wrote), although the judge specified in his letter that this reaction has not served as a mitigating because he considered that he had not been immediate or spontaneous. In anticipation that the sanction would be high and after more than half a year of strong discomfort in the external meniscus of the right leg, the German passed this Tuesday through the operating room and will be on low for about two months, according to Madrid’s calculations.
For Bellingham, an important punishment was also expected after the act pointed out that he had addressed the referee once the final “with an aggressive attitude has ended, having to be held by his teammates”. However, the competition committee left the warning without effect because the videographic evidence presented by Madrid demonstrates, according to the resolution of the single judge, that the scene did not happen as reported in the minutes of Burgos Bengoechea.
“It is evidenced”, according to the second point of the resolution, “which is more than 15 meters from the arbitration collective. That, given the distance with the referees, it is impossible to conclude that it was directed in an aggressive attitude. More In the direction of where the referees are and, when it reaches the height of some colleagues, they stop their passage by taking it more to the center, where he talks with the delegate and other members of the staff. It is when the card shows.
