The football association is currently considering whether the Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts is to be banned from three games according to its shocking challenge in Crystal Palaces Jean-Philippe Mateta over the weekend.
It is possible that the FA can apply for a longer suspension due to the severity of the incident. Reports the evening standard.
During the FA Cup collision, Roberts stormed out of his goal and went while trying to make a minimal contact with the ball. – – – Mateta hit his follow-through with his stallions.
The striker was immediately taken to the hospital – where he received 25 stitches on his left ear.
Mateta later provided an update that calmed the fans that he was “well” and expected to recover quickly before he was released.
“Many thanks to the medical staff in Selhurst Park and in the hospital for their help and professionalism as well as for all support for the support that JP and the club received today,” he posted on social media.
As a rule, Roberts would receive a red card from referee Michael Oliver during the FA Cup game in the fifth round of FA Cup. However, the FA has the time to make an appointment on Tuesday until 1 p.m. and they could argue that the initial ban on three games in view of the type of challenge is not sufficient-and it is reported that they do exactly this.
If an appeal is submitted, the case would be checked by a regulatory commission. Millwall and Roberts would have on Thursday until 6 p.m. to provide evidence of their attitude that the three-game suspension is appropriate.
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The FA is expected to check whether a “clearly inadequate” punishment claims should be submitted, which, according to its Red Card challenge for Jean-Phillipe Mateta, could lead to a longer ban from Millwalls Liam Roberts.
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The FA now has the decision whether it should continue with the appeal. If the complaint is successful, it would be the supervisory authority to determine the new punishment for Roberts.
The chairman of Crystal Palace, Steve Parish, visibly outraged by the incident, described Roberts’ challenge as “the most reckless challenge on a soccer field I have ever seen” in an interview with BBC One during the half -time break.
“This is the most ruthless challenge on a soccer field that I think I have ever seen. I think he has to endanger himself in this boy who endangers another professional, even his life with such a challenge.
“It is very difficult for me to talk about the rest of the game because we are worried about JP and it’s just a terrible, terrible challenge.”
“You are all specialists out there, you have to treat each other like experts and have your colleagues for your colleagues for duty of care,” continued Parish. “This goalkeeper had no one. The players to carry out the players, but it is difficult for me to think about everything else with JP in the hospital at the moment. “
