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Alvaro Morata has been banned for 2 Serie A matches following his purple card in Juventus’ 1-1 draw towards Benevento on the weekend, Italy’s prime division stated Tuesday.
Morata scored the sport’s first objective within the twenty first minute however noticed purple after the full-time whistle for dissent after aggressively interesting for a penalty.
Serie A punished the previous Chelsea and Actual Madrid participant for “a disrespectful expression addressed in direction of the referee”.
Cristiano Ronaldo was rested in Saturday’s draw towards their newly-promoted opponents as champions Juve have been held to their fifth attract 9 league matches.
Morata has scored eight targets in all competitions this season, with Ronaldo on 9.
The Spaniard will miss Juventus’ house derby towards metropolis rivals Torino on Saturday, and the journey to Genoa the next weekend.
He’ll nevertheless play in Wednesday’s Champions League sport towards Dynamo Kiev in Turin.
“Alvaro Morata will most likely play, while (Paulo) Dybala will put together for the Turin Derby,” coach Andrea Pirlo stated on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old has scored 5 Champions League targets this season in 4 video games.
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