Geoffrey Kondogbia, while playing for Sevilla FC, received a direct red card during the second leg of the 2012-2013 Spanish National Cup semi-finals. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) sanctioned the player with a four-match suspension under Article 98 (typified as “assault”) of the RFEF Disciplinary Code. The said sanction was later reduced to two matches by the RFEF´s Appeal Committee after partially accepting Sevilla’s appeal, determining that Kondogbia’s conduct had to be...
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