Wanderer skipper Marcelo dealing with hefty ban for headlock

Western Sydney captain Marcelo faces a prolonged ban for placing Adelaide wunderkind Nestory Irankunda in a headlock throughout a spiteful A-League Males encounter.

Marcelo’s motion meant he was referred on to Soccer Australia’s Impartial Disciplinary and Ethics Committee.

The centre-back acquired a straight crimson card as the tip of Adelaide’s 3-2 win over Western Sydney on Friday evening descended right into a fracas.

Marcelo got here from behind and positioned Irankunda in a stranglehold after the 17-year-old shoved Western Sydney midfielder Calem Nieuwenhof following a cynical foul.

The flashpoint triggered an all-in fracas.

On Tuesday, the Soccer Australia (FA) match assessment panel decided Marcelo had dedicated three separate offences of “assault on a participant (eg violent conduct when not difficult for the ball) or towards some other individual aside from a match official, together with tried assault”.

“The MRP has referred the matter to the Impartial Disciplinary and Ethics Committee for listening to and willpower of what extra sanction needs to be imposed along with the necessary match suspension which should all the time be served,” FA mentioned in a press release.

Offences thought of to be value a suspension of greater than 4 video games are despatched on to the committee, whereas the minimal sanction for assault on a participant is 2 video games.

In the meantime, Wanderers coach Marko Rudan has not been suspended for criticising referee Shaun Evans.

Rudan had queried why Evans did not dismiss Irankunda and Adelaide defender Lachlan Barr, who “sprinted from 50 metres” to push Marcelo.

“It is retaliation. Does a participant need to fall over to ensure that it to be a crimson card?” Rudan mentioned.

“What Calem did, he did and he bought a yellow card for it.

“However Irankunda shoves him twice, however as a result of Calem holds his ft … nothing.

“That is why Marcelo bought concerned due to the retaliation from Irankunda.

“Shaun would not take management in that second, after which the melee begins and that was the difficulty I’ve bought.

“A stronger referee would not let that occur, we did not get consistency there at present.

“What irks me is the shortage of consistency with the officiating.”

Whereas confirming Rudan had not been suspended, FA defended Evans’ dealing with of the state of affairs.

“Soccer Australia notes feedback made by Western Sydney Wanderers’ coach Marko Rudan about Friday’s centre match official,” FA mentioned in a press release.

“All golf equipment and coaches are conscious of the suitable channels to supply any constructive suggestions on officers.

“The unsavoury scenes involving a variety of gamers throughout the Western Sydney Wanderers FC and Adelaide United FC match, which haven’t any place in our recreation, weren’t because of the actions of the official, who ought to in reality be counseled for the way in which by which he dealt with the state of affairs.”

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