DBasia.news – Tweet about Benjamin Mendy last September led Bernardo Silva to get an FA sentence and was forced to miss. Silva will not strengthen Manchester City when competing against Chelsea on Sunday (24/11) early morning Western Indonesian Time.
Following the decision made by the FA Disciplinary Commission, Wednesday (11/13/2019), Benjamin Mendy was given a one-match suspension. In addition, the former AS Monaco player was also required to pay a fine of £ 50,000 (about Rp. 900 million) and undergo face-to-face education after acknowledging violating FA Rules Point E3.
The aforementioned FA regulations are related to violations concerning expressions that offend race, skin color and / or ethnic origin. The penalty for this offense is actually a minimum of six matches. However, in this case, the FA
“This commission is not bound to impose a ban on at least six matches for this bad offense. The reason is that the communication is done through social media,” explained the FA’s official statement as quoted by Sky Sports.
The FA’s Disciplinary Commission also acknowledged Bernardo Silva’s tweet to Benjamin Mendy was just a joke. “The tweet was intended as a joke among teammates and was responded to with the same enthusiasm by the intended party, Mr. Mendy,” wrote the FA’s official statement.
Because the sentence imposed is effective immediately, Bernardo Silva must be absent in the next match that is played by Manchester City. The match is to entertain Chelsea in the Premier League continued after the international break.
Bernardo Silva is considered to have racially harassed his colleague, Benjamin Mendy, on social media. Because of this, he uploaded a picture of Mendy when he was a child juxtaposed with the figure of Conguitos, a brown figure who is a brand of a food product.
The tilted accusation frustrated Bernardo Silva. He said, now it is even difficult to just joke with friends alone. He was supported by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and former Liverpool star John Barnes.