Liverpool striker Darwin Núñez will serve a five-game worldwide suspension as a part of punishments handed out by South America’s governing physique CONMEBOL on Wednesday, following incidents at Uruguay’s Copa América semifinal towards Colombia final month.
Nuñez, one in all 5 Uruguay gamers to be given a suspension, will now miss his nation’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers towards Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador. He was additionally fined $20,000. Home video games aren’t included within the bans so Nuñez’s participation with Liverpool is not going to be affected.
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was issued a four-game suspension and fined $16,000, whereas José María Giménez, Mathías Olivera and Ronald Araújo every acquired a three-game ban and fined $12,000.
Following Colombia’s 1-0 victory in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 10, a number of Uruguay gamers and employees climbed into stands to confront followers, with CONMEBOL launching a probe into the matter within the days that adopted.
Gamers could possibly be seen partaking in bodily violence with Colombian supporters at Financial institution of America Stadium, with movies later rising of Núñez trying to throw a chair into the group.
Six gamers, who performed a lesser position within the incident, acquired a $5,000 high quality: Matías Viña, Sebastián Cáceres, Brian Rodríguez, Emiliano Martínez, Santiago Mele and Facundo Pellistri.
The Uruguayan federation as a complete was fined $20,000, whereas an official of the group, Marcelo Garcia, was banned from all CONMEBOL competitions for six months after being seen throwing a water bottle at followers from his suite at Financial institution of America Stadium.
Head coach Marcelo Bielsa defended his crew’s actions on the time, reiterating that gamers had been merely appearing in self-defense and trying to protect relations.
“The one factor I can let you know is that the gamers reacted like some other human being would,” he stated.
“If you happen to see that there is a course of to maintain what occurred from occurring. If you happen to see that if what occurred occurs in any case, and that there is supposedly one other course of — an escape hatch, to illustrate — and each issues fail, and also you see your girl, or your mom, or a child, being attacked, what would you do? You’d ask whether or not they are going to punish the individuals who defended themselves?”