For a kick like Bellingham's, others ended up sanctioned
REAL MADRID
The English international triggered a VAR error at the end of the Real Madrid-Valencia match, an incident that cost Valencia's Bouldini a one-match suspension last season.
Raphinha 's reaction against one of the referee's assistants in last Sunday's Barça-Betis match is becoming almost a matter of state in certain media outlets, mostly in the capital. The obvious campaign seeking a sanction against Barça 's Brazilian star will end, barring an unexpected surprise, in silence, with the Disciplinary Committee closing the matter, among other reasons because the matter is not recorded in the referee's report for the match.
Nor is the incident involving Jude Bellingham at the end of the Real Madrid-Valencia match (1-2), in which the Whites lost a significant portion of their hopes of winning the league title. The England international left the field at the end of the 90 minutes after kicking the structure supporting the VAR screen outside the changing rooms.
This incident has barely received any attention in the media calling for a ban for Raphinha . It's worth remembering that a Spanish La Liga player was handed a one-match suspension for a similar incident.
It was last February 7, 2024. Mohamed Bouldini, a Moroccan player for Levante , took out his anger on the VAR screen, which he slapped "without suffering any apparent damage," according to Arcediano Monescillo. The events took place at the RCDE Stadium after Espanyol-Levante , which, in the opinion of the Granota, was decided by a penalty in favor of the home team in the final moments, immediately after a handball by Keita Balde in the Espanyol area was ignored.
That incident was recorded in the match report, and Bouldini was suspended for the same reason Bellingham did on Sunday at the Bernabéu: violating the VAR. The Committee, true to its doctrine, will not comment (barring surprises, of course) on this matter or on Raphinha, as many claim, because they are not recorded in the match report.
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