Real Madrid’s appeal for the sanction against Vinicius Junior after Valencia’s red card is dismissed

Real Madrid will be without Vinicius Junior for their next two La Liga matches after their appeal against his red card was rejected.

Vinicius received a red card for pushing Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski in the face, for which he was sent off after the VAR review. Real Madrid appealed that there had been an error because the referee was not shown the full sequence of events that led to his red card, which should invalidate the sending off, and his match report did not correctly describe the action. The Appeals Committee responded that any other interpretation of the facts did not invalidate the referee’s opinion and the action received the correct punishment.

Relevo says they did not consider racial abuse as a mitigating factor, nor did they consider a reduction, as two games was the minimum ban for his actions and therefore could not be reduced. Los Blancos will face Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey on Thursday night, and Vinicius will be available for both that clash and the Champions League match against RB Salzburg next week. He will be ruled out for the League games at home against Las Palmas on Sunday and away against Real Valladolid the following weekend.