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Mbappe receives one-match ban for tackle in Alaves clash


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PARIS: Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe will serve a one-match suspension following his tackle on Alaves’ Antonio Blanco, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday.

The Frenchman was shown a straight red card in Sunday’s game against Alaves for a violent challenge on midfielder Blanco, with the referee overturning his initial decision to give him a yellow after a VAR review.

The RFEF’s Disciplinary Committee ruled the dismissal warranted the minimum one-match sanction under article 130 of its regulations.

Following the incident, Mbappe apologised to Blanco and his Real Madrid teammates. He will miss Real’s next game against Athletic on Sunday.

Alaves’ Manu Sánchez, who was sent off for a similar challenge on Vinicius Jr in the same match, will also serve a one-match ban.

Separately, Mbappe’s legal team have appealed to the French sports minister and UEFA for his former club Paris St Germain to pay him 55 million euros in unpaid wages and said several of the club’s accounts had been frozen last week.

“We’re going to go on the attack,” Delphine Verheyden, Mbappe’s lawyer, told a press conference.

The French League (LFP) ordered PSG to pay the player last year but the French Football Federation ruled that Mbappe’s request was inadmissible because of an ongoing procedure in a civil court.

Mbappe’s legal team say several PSG accounts frozen as salary dispute escalates

Mbappe’s legal team, however, have turned to a Paris court to freeze 55 million euros in PSG’s accounts.

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