Barely 24 hours passed since Robert Lewandowski's exit from the 2022 World Cup with his country, Poland, until the Barcelona striker received a new slap in Spain this time, after the petitions committee of the Spanish Football Federation confirmed his 3-match ban.

And it was confirmed that Lewandowski (34 years old) was absent from the ranks of his Barcelona team in the first 3 matches in the local league, after the end of the current suspension period.

Lewandowski suspension confirmed

Lewandowski, along with the Polish national team, came out of the final price of the 2022 World Cup held in the State of Qatar, after losing 1-3 to his French counterpart, the world title holder - yesterday, Sunday -.

Lewandowski was expelled from the stadium by receiving two warnings during Barcelona's match against Osasuna on November 8, just half an hour after the start of the match, and it was decided to suspend him for 3 matches.

🟨+🟨 = 🟥 for Lewandowski

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This incident was the first case of expulsion for Lewandowski in 9 and a half years.

While his last expulsion was on the ninth of February 2013 when he was a player in the German ranks of Borussia Dortmund.

And Spanish media reports stated that the harsh punishment for the former Bayern Munich striker, German Lewandowski, was due to the fact that he referred to the referee, Gil Manzano, the moment he left the stadium, in protest against the expulsion decision, while Barcelona indicated that he rejected this explanation for the player's behavior.

Barcelona submitted the appeal for Robert Lewandowski's suspension yesterday.

They hope that the 3 match ban will be reduced.

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Despite the numerical shortage in its ranks, Barcelona won the match 2-1 to start the stoppage, and it is at the top of the competition table after 14 rounds of the tournament, by two points against Real Madrid, the defending champion.

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez will miss Lewandowski's efforts in the team's matches against Espanyol on December 31, then Atletico Madrid and Real Betis on January 8 and 14, knowing that the player tops the team's top scorer list this season with 13 goals so far. .