Finally, it will not be this Friday when we learn of the possible sanctions by the Competition Committee on Polish striker Robert Lewandowski and Catalan central defender Gerard Piqué for their expulsions at Osasuna-Barça. Although the three members of the RFEF disciplinary body are summoned today, only those sanctions that may affect the cup day this coming weekend will come to analyze and prosecute those situations. And this is not the case of Fútbol Club Barcelona since it is exempt, along with the other three teams in the Spanish Super Cup, from this first cup round. So we will have to wait for future meetings of the Competition Committee to find out what happens. It will be next week when the sanctions of the disciplinary body are announced
We will have to wait to find out the punishment imposed on the striker after Gil Manzano recorded his reaction to seeing the second yellow card and being expelled in the arbitration record: :”Other incidents: (Player: Robert Lewandowski ) Once expelled and when was heading towards the exit of the field, the player twice made a gesture of disapproval of the referee’s decision, consisting of putting his finger to his nose, and then pointing his thumb towards the referee. , repeated the gesture again looking towards the assistant referee No. 1 and in front of the fourth official
A penalty match will have to be fulfilled for sure, and that will surely prevent him from playing the Catalan derby that, almost certainly, will be played on December 31, taking advantage of the geographical proximity
Initially Lewandowski is exposed to two more games for disregarding the referee according to article 124 and which says the following: “Address the referees, managers or sports authorities in terms or with attitudes of contempt or disregard Provided that the action does not constitute a more serious offense, it will be sanctioned with a suspension of two to three games or for a period of up to one month.” In this case the sanction would amount to three games
But there is also the option that they consider this reaction of the Pole as contrary to the sporting order, in which case it would be in just one more game, and a total of two sanction games: “Those will incur a suspension of up to four games or a fine of up to 602 euros / as whose conduct is contrary to good sporting order when it is classified as minor
In both cases, and since they are two minor sanctions, they will always have to comply in the same competition. In other words, in the League and it will never affect the Copa del Rey that Barcelona will begin to play in the first days of January
This means that Robert Lewandowski will surely miss the Catalan derby at the end of the year 2022 and at the turn of the World Cup. But right now, and unless the Committee only sanctions him for the expulsion, he is exposed to missing the duel against Atlético de Madrid at the Metropolitano that is scheduled for the first weekend of January (7-8)
Nor will we know the sanction against Piqué
And the same thing happens with Piqué and his sanction. On the one hand, there is the penalty match for his expulsion, which Gil Manzano collects in the minutes as follows: “In the 45th minute the player (3) Piqué Bernabeu, Gerard was expelled for the following reason: Once the first half was over, being inside the locker room tunnel, for addressing me in the following terms: “Did you see what corner you gave us? You are the referee who has screwed us the most by far
But especially in the subsequent reaction once he was expelled: “Once the Club Delegate was informed of the expulsion of this player, he continued to repeat the same expressions described in the Expulsions section, having to be brought into his locker room by staff from his club. , while addressing me in the following terms: “It’s a fucking shame, I shit on your fucking mother
The sanction could reach up to six games that he will never comply with but where Fc Barcelona will have to face the economic fine
