Appeal upholds Bellingham's two-match ban

The British Jude Bellingham will have to serve two games of suspension after the Appeal Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has rejected Real Madrid's appeal.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
07 March 2024 Thursday 15:30
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Appeal upholds Bellingham's two-match ban

The British Jude Bellingham will have to serve two games of suspension after the Appeal Committee of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has rejected Real Madrid's appeal. The midfielder was sent off last weekend by Gil Manzano at Mestalla after addressing the referee vehemently. This sanction will prevent the player from playing the LaLiga EA Sports matches against Celta de Vigo and Osasuna on March 10 and 16, respectively.

The Competition Committee punished Bellingham with two matches for addressing the referee with an "aggressive attitude and shouting" in application of article 144 of the RFEF Disciplinary Code. In the sanction, in addition to the two matches, a financial penalty was also added to the footballer, who will have to pay 600 euros.

In the minutes, the referee explained what happened in this way. "In '99, the Bellingham player, Jude Victor William, was sent off for the following reason: After the end of the game and still on the field of play, he ran towards me in an aggressive and shouting attitude, repeating on several occasions: 'it's a fucking goal'", can be read in the minutes that Jesús Gil Manzano wrote of the match between Valencia and Real Madrid.

Real Madrid appealed the two-match sanction imposed by the Competition Committee before Appeal and the Royal Spanish Football Federation body has finally decided to maintain the two-match sanction.

The white team has announced that it will appeal to the Sports Administrative Court (TAD) for a two-match ban on Englishman Jude Bellingham, although they do not have much hope, as they do not believe that this resolution will arrive in time, so they assume that he will serve both matches. sanction matches, this Sunday against Celta de Vigo at the Santiago Bernabéu and on Saturday the 16th in the visit to Osasuna.