Diego Costa will be banned up to 12 times for insulting a referee

The sending of Diego Costa to Camp Nou Saturday night during the defeat 2-0 of Atlético against Barcelona was expensive for his team when the title was actually won by the defending champions, but the The striker could also pay dearly for his moment of madness with a possible ban of four to twelve matches to be decided by the LaLiga Discipline Committee..

Match referee Jesús Gil Manzano In his report on the incident in the first half of the year, Costa said that, not sharing this decision, he had been insulted several times: "At the 28th minute, Da Silva Costa's player (19), Diego, was fired for the following reason: He came to me out loud saying," Cago in you puta madre!& # 39; "

A phrase widely used in Spanish, whose literal translation is "I shit on your damn mother" he could see Costa hit with a ban of four to 12 games under Article 94 of the La Liga Discipline Code, who quotes "offensive or offensive remarks to the referee, assistant referees or fourth officials, except in cases where they constitute a more serious offense" as punishable to that degree.

However, if LaLiga decides to be lenient, Costa could be charged under Article 117which prohibits "contemptuous or contemptuous language" against public servants. It is established that Costa violates this rule and not Article 94, more serious, his ban will be two or three games.

Costa also faces another potential penalty for "grabbing" the referee after his tirade, which also included a penalty of 4 to 12 games. if the Liga Committee decides to continue it. In his report, Gil Manzano said that Costa grabbed his arm several times to prevent him from giving a yellow card. to "his teammates with the short numbers 24[José Giménez] and 2 [Diego Godín], respectively."

Atlético claims a grammatical misunderstanding

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Meanwhile, Atlético will seek to appeal on the grounds that Costa has not shouted at all "me cago in you puta madre", but rather the force more industrial, "the puta madre who betó you"What has been reported by some observers as what the attacker actually said. But according to the line of defense envisaged by Atlético, Costa did not use the second person of the singular, "te", but the first person "me", which grammatically changes the target of the insult to the speaker himself and makes it much less offensive, like "I have the goodness of myself, I could not disagree any more".

After the match, the images were examined and seem to confirm Costa's claim that he said "me". and that much of the subsequent discussion after Gil Manzano showed him the red card was the player who protested his innocence to that effect.