The J-League and the club said, "The life of the opponent's player may be threatened." We have decided to suspend participation in 5 games in total.
At the match between FC Tokyo and Grampus held at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu City, Tokyo on September 22, Leandro raised his right arm high and hit his elbow when he went to steal the ball from his opponent, Shinnosuke Nakatani. I committed a foul and was punished.
Regarding this act, the J-League Disciplinary Committee said, "It is a very dangerous act that could threaten the player's life of the opponent player," and Leandro said that there was a similar foul in last year's league match. We have decided to suspend participation in three league games and impose a fine of 300,000 yen.
In addition, FC Tokyo has suspended two games in the J League Cup semi-finals as a club-specific disposition and imposed a fine of 1 million yen.
FC Tokyo president Naoki Ogane and director Kenta Hasegawa will also voluntarily return 5% of the compensation for two months.