Atlético will appeal Filipe Luis’ suspension
José Luis Pérez Caminero believes that there is an unfair treatment with other similar actions that were punished with a one-match ban.
Atlético de Madrid has decided to appeal the three-game ban imposed on Filipe Luis for his sending off at Barcelona’s match on Saturday, the 30th of January. The club considers the number of banned matches imposed on the Brazilian winger out of proportion and shall so state it in the appeal presented to contest it. José Luis Pérez Caminero believes that the action of our footballer has not been measured with the same yardstick in comparison to other similar actions: "Similar actions should be judged in the same way and have the same punishment. It cannot be that an identical action which is written in the same way in the minutes of the match can punish with one game in one case and in ours it punishes Filipe with three matches."
Our Sporting Director wanted to emphasize that "Filipe Luis is a player with a spotless track record, the opposite of a violent player, a major athlete. He goes to battle for a ball, touches the ball and later hits without being able to avoid the rival. Anyone who has played football knows that there is no bad intention in his action and it cannot be judged otherwise. Three games should be used to punish other types of actions, not this one."
