OFFICIAL: Committee announces sanction for Xavi and Raphinha for their expulsions

Published:16/08/2023 - 18:11h

Updated:17/08/2023 - 14:39h

The Barça had a complicated start of season in LaLiga after receiving two expulsions and equalise without goals in the field of the Getafe. Now, the culés already know how many parties will lose Xavi and Raphinha

The FC Barcelona has confirmed a situation that already had almost ensured: Xavi Hernández and Raphinha will not be able to be in the next two parties of League of the Barcelona team. The Committee of Competition has dictated sentence for both culés after his respective expulsions in the Getafe-Barça of the past Sunday and fulfilling with what dictates the regulation, each one will be drop by two meetings.

In the case of the punishment for the Catalan technician remains collected in the article 127, which signals that "protest to the/to the referee/main ace, to the/ace assistants/ace or to the/the fourth/to referee/to, whenever it do not constitute lacking graver, will sanction with suspension of two to three parties or by time of until a month". However, the situation with the Barcelona trainer does not remain until this point.

And it is that the back statements of Xavi loading against the referee's performance and LaLiga by the little effective time follow low study of the Committee of Integrity of the RFEF. In principle, it will not elevate the case to Competition and the sanction of the míster would not increase, but is a situation that the Catalan club has to have present regarding a possible stage that Xavi can lose another party more from the bench.

By his part, the sanction of Raphinha remains explained in the article 121. "In those cases in that the expulsion of the terrain of game was due to situations in that the/the footballer had not had possibility to contest the balloon, the suspension will be of at least, two parties", signals this section of the regulation.

The Barça already has to begin to have some changes in his plans

Of this form Xavi and Raphinha will not be able to be next Sunday in the debut suspender belt of the Barça in the Estadi Olímpic of Montjuïc in front of the Cádiz, as neither in the crash in front of the Villarreal. It will not be until the meeting in Pamplona against Osasuna -if there are not novelties-, on 3 September when the Barcelona technician will be able to go back to put at the head of the team from the bench and the Brazilian will be able to be again available for the club.