Atlético Madrid’s Ángel Correa gets 5-match ban for ref rant


Atlético Madrid forward Ángel Correa has been handed a five-game ban for insulting the referee after being sent off in the club’s 2-1 defeat at Getafe on Sunday.

Correa was red-carded in the 88th minute of the LaLiga game for a challenge on defender Djené Dakonam, before Atlético surrendered a 1-0 lead, conceding two goals in four minutes in a major blow to their title hopes.

The Argentina international reacted to being sent off with an X-rated rant at referee Guillermo Cuadra Fernández, for which he later apologised on social media.

On Wednesday, the Spanish football federation’s disciplinary commitee sanctioned Correa with a total five-game suspension: one game for the sending off, and another four for insulting the official.

Correa will now be unavailable for Atlético in a series of key games in LaLiga and the Copa del Rey.

He will miss Sunday’s top-of-the-table league clash with Barcelona, followed by a league game at Espanyol, and then another high-stakes game with Barça in their Copa semifinal second leg.

He will then be unavailable against Sevilla and Real Valladolid in LaLiga, with Atlético a point behind Barcelona and Real Madrid at the top of the table.

Cuadra Fernández’s report said that Correa had called him “son of a thousand wh–es” and “a wimp.”

In a post on X on Sunday, Correa apologised, saying “my respect for referees is total” and admitting that he had “reacted in the worst way” in a “delicate moment.”

The disciplinary committee found that the “pressure” and “nerves of the situation could not justify or excuse the player’s insults.

The ban will not apply in the Champions League, where Atlético host Real Madrid at the Metropolitano on Wednesday in their round-of-16 second leg.



Source link

  • Related Posts

    NWSL’s BOS Nation FC to change name after backlash

    Mar 14, 2025, 08:00 PM ET Boston’s 2026 NWSL franchise announced Friday that it will officially change its name following a highly-ridiculed launch last fall. The team announced itself in…

    If Hamilton is in F1 title fight, Leclerc expects to be, too

    Laurence EdmondsonMar 14, 2025, 08:23 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Even before he first raced for Ferrari in Formula 1, Charles Leclerc…

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    You Missed

    Hudson’s Bay to liquidate entire business, still seeking additional capital

    Hudson’s Bay to liquidate entire business, still seeking additional capital

    Massive dust storms cause fatal crashes in Texas

    Massive dust storms cause fatal crashes in Texas

    Don’t ‘mess with Alaska,’ U.S. senator warns B.C., even as state Republicans affirm friendship with Canada

    Don’t ‘mess with Alaska,’ U.S. senator warns B.C., even as state Republicans affirm friendship with Canada

    911 audio reveals confusion and panic after 4 Idaho college students killed

    911 audio reveals confusion and panic after 4 Idaho college students killed

    5 dead in 17-vehicle Texas crash; man charged with intoxication manslaughter

    5 dead in 17-vehicle Texas crash; man charged with intoxication manslaughter

    AT&T technician Mark Klein, who exposed secret NSA spying, dies

    AT&T technician Mark Klein, who exposed secret NSA spying, dies