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Mexico coach Osorio banned for 6 matches

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Mexico coach Juan Osorio has been banned for six matches by the disciplinary committee of football governing body FIFA for insulting match officials at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

“Osorio used insulting words towards the match officials while displaying an aggressive attitude towards them during the match for third-place against Portugal,’’ a FIFA statement said on Friday.

Osorio was suspended for six official matches with immediate effect and has also been sanctioned with a warning and a fine of 5,000 Swiss francs (around 5,200 dollars, or N2 million).

Mexico’s next official matches are at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which starts in the U.S. this weekend, and they take to the pitch on Sunday against El Salvador in San Diego.

Mexico were beaten 2-1 by Portugal in Sunday’s third-place match in Moscow at the Confederations

 

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