THE '11' COULD LOSE THREE DATES
Barça appeals the red card to Ferran to minimize his sanction
Published:9/01/2023 - 23:12h
Updated:9/01/2023 - 23:15h
Before the Competition Committee confirms the sanction against Ferran Torres for his clash with Stefan Savic at Atlético-Barça, the club has appealed the red card to the striker to try to reduce to the minimum possible the matches that the Foios man will miss
Ferran Torres could lose until three parties because of his expulsion during the triumph of the Sunday in front of the Atléico of Madrid. Before the Committee of Competition the one who could be an exemplary sanction for the one of Foios and the central 'colchonero', Stefan Savic, the directive of the FC Barcelona has appealed the red to the forward alleging that the rifirrafe between the culé and the montenegrino only deserves a slight sanction.
According to the record of the referee Munuera Montero, "In the minute 90 the player (11) Torres García, Ferran was expelled by the following reason: Hold persistentemente of the peel to an opponent, being the balloon at stake, but no to distance to be played between both". Although to Ferran could fall him until three parties, his presence the Thursday in the semis of the Supercopa Spanish is not in risk, as it establishes it the Disciplinary Code, as the crossing between both saldó without harmful consequences for the players.
In principle, the minimum of parties of sanction for Torres would be of two parties, according to the signalled in the article 121 of the referred code: "In the case in that the expulsion of the terrain of game was due to situations in that the/the footballer had not had possibility to contest the balloon, the suspension will be of at least, two parties". When Ferran and Savic confronted , any of the two had the balloon in dispute.
Like this the things, the '11' could lose, with security, the parties in front of Getafe (home on 22 January) and Girona (the 29), two crashes in which it neither will be Robert Lewandowski, sanctioned by his expulsion in front of Osasuna. The drop of the extreme would open him the door to Memphis Depay like possible variant to an Ansu Fati that, the Sunday, went of more to less and did not weigh a lot playing as '9'.
Ferran, smart to travel to Riad
The Barça will travel to Arabia this Tuesday to the midday to prepare the party of the Thursday in front of the Betis, an expedition in which it expects colarse the one of Foios. The ones of Xavi Hernández look for to return to the final of the Supercopa, instance that contested for the last time in 2021. This year, the ones of Ronald Koeman fell in front of the Athletic of Bilbao in extention (3-2). The culés would have revancha in April in the final of the Glass of Rey (0-4), both parties contested in The Cartuja.
