Pepe and Tabata suspended, could miss the Portuguese Cup classic
Pepe (FC Porto) and Bruno Tabata (Sporting) were suspended for 23 days and could miss Thursday’s Portuguese Cup derby, if they do not suffer the punishment known this Tuesday and that the investigation initiated after the clashes is not final. of FC Porto-Sporting of the I Liga. Players also pay a fine of 2870 euros each.
The players were suspended on February 15th, but as the law only provided for a maximum of two games of suspension, available to prevent the same teams on the 28th of the same month. In other words, they have already complied more in accordance with the punishment, as the Disciplinary Council’s judgment recalls: “In the san half of suspension counts on the suspension applied, it must be preventive already taken by the Defendant.”
According to the day after João Pinheiro, Tabata pushed the Porto director, Luís Gonçalves report (an act visible in the television images) and Pepe gave Hugo Viana a foot, the final whistle of the 22nd of the I Liga derby (2-2). Through the red ones, you can only see Pepe showing the card, without noticing images for the reason. The captain for two months incurred a punishment between two months, for aggression against a political agent, according to Article 45.º fifth b of the Disciplinary Regulations of the League, but the captain stayed in only 23 days, having already completed 1 years 12 . Like Tabata, who has already served 11 days.
Also Matheus Reis can miss this Thursday’s classic if Sporting can restart and suspend the automatic punishment. The leon side was punished with a game of suspension, following a disciplinary process due to the gesture directed at Francisco Conceição. He was further fined 510 euros.
The directors of the two clubs were also the target of inquiries. Accused of “aggression”, Luís Gonçalves, was suspended for 68 days and fined 1910 euros. Hugo Viana (Sporting) saw his process “archived”.