The Major Division of Colombian Soccer (Dimayor), The entity that governs professional soccer in the South American country, sanctioned two players from América de Cali and La Equidad after the match they staged on the playing field on Monday.
Alexa Bahrforward of the scarlet team, and Elizabeth Carabalí, defender of the insurance team, have to pay a five-day penalty after leading the argument, where they will not play this year in the Women’s League, which is in the quarterfinals. .
According to the Dimayor’s Disciplinary Committee, Bahr “prompted a blow against the player elizabeth carabali of the registration of La Equidad on his face”, also mentioning that “at the time of the attack, the ball was not played”. For his part, Carabali he gave his rival a “slap”.
All this, the report added, “took place very close to the central referee of the party, and although he was quite far away, he was not duly warned by the assistant, who made up the referee’s list.”
The match between Equidad and América de Cali for the quarterfinals of the Women’s League was marked by controversy after the players involved in the attack were not punished or sent off. Videos of this moment spread on social networks accompanied by complaints about the impunity of the referees.
Bahr apologized for the incident in a video and blamed his behavior on the “tension of the match”. “I reacted in the wrong way but that is no excuse for this kind of behaviour,” the player said
Source: La Verdad
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