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FIFA Hands Four-Match Bans to Boca Juniors Players Sent Off in Club

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Boca disagreed with the sanctions imposed on their players“We have already contacted FIFA to submit an appeal,” said the club MIAMI: Boca Juniors players Ander Herrera and Nicolas Figal were handed four-match bans by FIFA after being sent off in their Club World Cup opener against Benfica, a spokesperson for the Argentine club told Reuters on Wednesday.Boca disagreed with the

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The central striker struck a rival over the closing of the tie against Benfica.And the Basque was expelled when he was already in the bank, for protesting the penalty for the Portuguese.Russian loses them for what remains of the tournament, unless he gets among the top four.

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Boca Juniors footballer Ander Herrera was suspended for as many as four games because, in the match of the first round of the World Club Championship between his team and Benfica, he tried to deal with the referee who was watching the video through the VAR screen.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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After several days of speculation, FIFA announced on Friday the official sanctions for Ander Herrera and Nicolás Figal, who were expelled in the match in front of Benfica. The information arrives in the anteroom of the Boca Juniors crossing against Bayern Munich, for the second date of the World Cup of Clubs. The regularizing entity of the football confirmed that Figal and Herrera will have four dates of suspension. Because the appeal presented …

Boca made the appeal for the four penalty dates that Nicolás Figal and Ander Herrera received for their expulsions in the meeting with Benfica for the Club World Cup. The club "Xeneize" made the presentation to FIFA after knowing the high dates of suspensions received by the two footballers. The club maintains that the penalties were "unmeasured" considering that Andrea Belotti, for his ironing to Ayrton Costas, only received two dates and are o…

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SOMOS JUJUY broke the news in on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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