Goal.com · Feb 1, 2018
Referee gets six-month ban for kicking Nantes defender
French referee Tony Chapron has been suspended for six months for kicking Nantes defender Diego Carlos during a 1-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.
In the late stages of the game in January, Carlos charged forward to join a Nantes counter-attack and ran into the back of the official, sending him tumbling to the ground.
Chapron then swung a kick out at the Brazilian and then sent him off with a second yellow card after he complained.
Chapron was criticised by Nantes players after the game, with midfielder Valentin Rongier calling for him to be given a lengthy suspension.