Olivier Giroud has been banned for 2 video games for aiming a volley of abuse at officers on the finish of AC Milan’s dramatic and controversial 2-2 draw at Lecce, Serie A stated on Tuesday.
France striker Giroud was dismissed in stoppage time on the Stadio Through del Mare on Saturday afternoon after aiming “abusive expressions” at referee Rosario Abisso following an preliminary reserving for dissent.
Giroud, who has scored eight instances this season, was then proven a straight purple card and can now miss dwelling matches towards Fiorentina and Frosinone after the worldwide break.
Abisso was on the centre of controversy after Lecce have been denied a surprising comeback from two objectives down when shortly after Giroud’s sending off Roberto Piccoli fired dwelling what seemed like being an unbelievable winner from distance.
Nonetheless, the strike was chalked off for Piccoli standing on Malick Thiaw’s foot earlier than receiving the ball.
That call sparked fury within the beforehand delirious stands and enraged membership president Saverio Sticchi Damiani, in addition to Lecce’s gamers and coaching employees.
Saverio Sticchi Damiani has been banned till December 4 for “intimidatory behaviour in direction of match officers” and threatening them within the dressing rooms after the match.
He then alluded to a conspiracy when he accused Abisso and the VAR officers of “splitting hairs” to discover a solution to rule out the objective.
The membership’s sporting director Stefano Trinchera was additionally banned for 3 matches and fined 10,000 euros ($10,900) for comparable offences aggravated by “blasphemy”, whereas CEO Sandro Mencucci was suspended till November 27.
Being saved from defeat did little for Milan nonetheless, as Stefano Pioli’s aspect fell eight factors behind league leaders and native rivals Inter Milan.
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