Navarro banned for 7 months

[littlelol]

Valencia's David Navarro has been suspended for seven months for his part in the brawl at the end of the UEFA Champions League match against Internazionale last week, while Carlos Marchena, Nicolas Burdisso, Maicon, Ivan Cordoba and Julio Cruz have also been given bans.

The Spanish side advanced to the quarter-finals after a 0-0 draw at the Mestalla took them past Inter on the away goals rule.

However, pandemonium broke out after the final whistle as Navarro punched Burdisso and left the Inter defender with a broken nose.

Several other players from both sides got involved as the trouble spilled over into the tunnel, and Uefa has been quick to take action.

Both clubs were charged with improper conduct and have now been fined 250,000 Swiss francs (£106,000) by Uefa's control and disciplinary committee.

A number of individuals have also been punished following the examination of official reports and video evidence.

Navarro has been hit hardest for sparking the brawl, and he will not be allowed to return to action in Europe until October.

Uefa is to ask world football's governing body Fifa to extend the suspension imposed on Navarro to international level, meaning the ban would then apply to all competitions - including domestic leagues and national team fixtures - on top of Uefa club competition matches.

Navarro's Valencia team-mate Carlos Marchena has been suspended for four European games.

Inter duo Burdisso and Maicon must serve six-game bans, while Cordoba has been suspended for three matches and Cruz for two.

Uefa has opted not to impose a stadium ban on Valencia, who meet Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

[ryan]

He deserved more. Coward

[Andy]

7 months? That's the biggest suspension for violent conduct i've ever seen. However he did deserve it!

[DJ]

fancy hitting someone and then running away lol

he just made himself an easy target to laugh at! It's the sort of thing you see in a school playground!

Hefty ban thou!

[LeedsMariner#4]

he is a coward and deserved seven years

[Andy]

davejackson10 said:

he is a coward and deserved seven years

Thats a bit much. It was only a broken nose.

[greenpoleffc]

Does the 7 months cover the close season??

[Andy]

greenpoleffc said:

Does the 7 months cover the close season??

Actually I think it will beacuse normally when a player gets a drug-related suspension, his ban usually go's over the close season., I think.

[LeedsMariner#4]

andyj said:

davejackson10 said:

he is a coward and deserved seven years

Thats a bit much. It was only a broken nose.

its not the injury that im worried about, its the way the bastard did it

[Andy]

davejackson10 said:

andyj said:

Thats a bit much. It was only a broken nose.

its not the injury that im worried about, its the way the bastard did it

Fair enough. If he just hit him it wouldn't of been that much, but hitting and sprinting away? F*cking coward! Did any of the people that chased him get suspended?

[LeedsMariner#4]

andyj said:

davejackson10 said:

its not the injury that im worried about, its the way the bastard did it

Fair enough. If he just hit him it wouldn't of been that much, but hitting and sprinting away? F*cking coward! Did any of the people that chased him get suspended?

he wasnt even on the field at the time

[Andy]

greenpoleffc said:

Does the 7 months cover the close season??

Yes it does. It says he will be back in October.

[LeedsMariner#4]

well thats crap!!

[Andy]

davejackson10 said:

well thats crap!!

It's still approximately 4 months. That is still a lengthy ban.

[LeedsMariner#4]

yeah i know but whats the point of giving him a seven month ban if its technically only 4 months of playing
he should have been gone for the whole of next season, bloody coward

[Fish]

And hell forever be labelled a c**t so thatll stick longer than 7 months

[Andy]

The ban has now been upgraded to all competitions.

[Jesus]

7 months seems a bit harsh to me, compared to previous judgements on all manner of issues. The fact that he broke the guys nose shouldnt be taken into account. Just like a dangerous tackle. If you are going to take into account the guys injury it is absurd.

[Andy]

jesus said:

7 months seems a bit harsh to me, compared to previous judgements on all manner of issues. The fact that he broke the guys nose shouldnt be taken into account. Just like a dangerous tackle. If you are going to take into account the guys injury it is absurd.

I think they went in harsh because of the fact that he wasn't on the field. He was an unused substitute. Also the way that he hit him form the side and sprinted off like a coward.

[Jesus]

Him sprinting off wouldnt have got him a bigger ban
If anything, it stopped a bigger brawl, so should lessen the ban lol
Certainly you would assume his not being on the feild added to it, and probably Platini's plans to remove violence from the game, on the field, and by the fans.