• Expulsion. Valverde, hero of the Super Cup final: "I had no other, I'm sorry"

Finally Fede Valverde will only miss a match for the direct red that he saw in the last moments of the extension of the Super Cup final against Atlético, after a hard entrance to Morata. The only judge of Competition, who has addressed the case, has made this decision in application of article 114.1, with which Valverde, one of the revelations of the season in Spanish football and decisive in recent times in the Zidane schemes, The important LaLiga Santander match against Sevilla will be lost next Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.

That first point of the aforementioned article (114.1) says: "The direct expulsion during the course of a match will result in the imposition of the suspension penalty during at least one match, unless the act constitutes a major infringement, with the corresponding pecuniary accessory ". Although it also adds something that has not been taken into account: "In those cases in which the expulsion from the field of play is due to situations in which the player had not had the possibility to dispute the ball, the suspension will be at least two games ".

Valverde was ejected with a direct red after making a foul on the red and white Alvaro Morata when he escaped alone in the direction of the Madrid team. The action prevented that the athletic one could try to beat the goal Thibaut Courtois and although Real Madrid stayed in inferiority as soon as time remained, it endured the 0-0 and then won its eleventh Supercopa in the penalty shootout.

Simeone's gesture

The referee of the meeting, José María Sánchez Martínez , said in the minutes of the final that Valverde was expelled for "knocking down an opponent thereby preventing a clear chance of scoring."

Diego Pablo Simeone , coach of Atlético de Madrid, considered that said Uruguayan action defined the final result of the tournament, played in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), although he understood Valverde's decision to miss Morata and that was also seen when The player was leaving the grass.

"It was something that should not be done with teammates who are playing. I apologize to Alvaro but it was the only thing I had left to do for the team. I am happy for the title, but I have the thorn for what I did because it was not good" Valverde told the media in the press room of King Abdullah Stadium after being named the most valuable player in the final by the national coach, Luis Enrique , and his team and the RFEF sports director, José Francisco Molina .

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