{"id":305861,"date":"2017-03-28T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=305861"},"modified":"2017-03-28T15:40:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T15:40:59","slug":"lionel-messi-suspended-for-four-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/lionel-messi-suspended-for-four-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi suspended for four matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FIFA Disciplinary Committee \u2013 in application of articles 77 a) and 108 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) \u2013 has reached a decision in relation to the case of Lionel Messi following an incident that occurred during the match between Argentina and Chile on 23 March 2017 as part of the qualifying competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi has been found guilty of violating art. 57 of the FDC for having directed insulting words at an assistant referee. As a result, Messi will be suspended for four official matches and sanctioned with a fine of CHF 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>The first match for which the sanction will apply is the next fixture in the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia\u2122 between Bolivia and Argentina, which will be played today, 28 March.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the sanction will be served over Argentina\u2019s subsequent FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.<\/p>\n<p>This decision is in line with the FIFA Disciplinary Committee\u2019s previous rulings in similar cases. Both the player and the Argentinian Football Association have been informed of the decision today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: FIFA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FIFA Disciplinary Committee \u2013 in application of articles 77 a) and 108 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) \u2013 has reached a decision in relation to the case of Lionel Messi following an incident that occurred during the match between Argentina and Chile on 23 March 2017 as part of the qualifying competition for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[337,1458],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionel Messi suspended for four matches - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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