On Tuesday, Real Madrid was informed that Vinicius Junior had received a two-game suspension in La Ligafollowing his red card against Valencia last weekend. It means the 24-year-old will be unavailable for the games against Las Palmas (home) and Real Valladolid (away) later this month.
In the circumstances, this was the best possible result for Real Madrid, who will now have Vinicius available for the Spanish Super Cup. However, there was outrage over the sanction by the Disciplinary Commission of the Spanish Football Federation, particularly from Leganes.
Ace for AS DiaryThe Madrid club are furious Vinicius has only been banned for two matches, as their player Oscar Rodriguez was handed a four-match suspension for a similar incident during last month's 5-2 home defeat against Villarreal – the club officials claim to be. “in disbelief” at the apparent “double standard”.
While this was the best case scenario Real Madridthey are hoping for no sanction at all for Vinicius, as an appeal is expected to be filed in the next 24-48 hours. They believe a punishment would be unfair in the circumstances, as the Brazilian suffered racist abuse at the time of the incident with Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski.
