Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis has been handed a three-match suspension after he was issued a red card just before half-time in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
Spanish outlet AS confirmed the sanction on Wednesday:
Atleti's Felipe Luis handed 3 match ban by the Disciplinary Committee following his straight red at Camp Nou on Sat. pic.twitter.com/vjGLrpxVjf
— AS English (@English_AS) February 3, 2016
Luis was dismissed after an unnecessary lunge at Lionel Messi in the 44th minute, and Alteti will now likely have to rely on Jesus Gamez to fill the left-back role, per Spanish football writer Rik Sharma:
Three game ban for Filipe Luis for lunge on Messi.