Pepe faces possible three-game ban after red card
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SALVADOR, Brazil, June 16 (Reuters) – Portugal defender Pepe faces the
possibility of a three-match ban for violent conduct after being sent off in
the first half of Monday's World Cup Group G game against Germany.
Pepe, who has a long history of losing his cool and lashing out at opponents,
leant into Germany striker Thomas Mueller with his head, making contact and
applying pressure in a needless altercation that could bring him a stiff
punishment.
The Brazil-born centre back had caught Mueller in the face in an
innocuous-looking challenge but took umbrage as Mueller went down, returning
to the forward and thrusting his forehead against the German's.
Serbian referee Milorad Mazic had no hesitation in dismissing Pepe in the
37th minute.
A red card brings a mandatory one-game ban at the World Cup but that is
usually extended in the case of a sending-off for violent play.
Pepe's latest episode of violent conduct follows a series of similar
incidents in recent years playing for his club Real Madrid, including one in
a La Liga match against Getafe in April 2009 which earned him a 10-game ban.
With the scores level at 2-2 and three minutes left in the clash at the
Bernabeu, Pepe pushed Getafe's Francisco Casquero and the referee awarded a
penalty.
Pepe then kicked Casquero on the ground and a second swipe saw him rake his
studs over the midfielder's back. In the ensuing melee he struck another
Getafe player, Juan Albin, in the face.
He was shown a straight red card, having already picked up a yellow earlier
in the match.
He was red-carded in a bad-tempered Champions League semi-final against
Barcelona in 2011 for a studs-up lunge on Barca full back Dani Alves and
earned wide condemnation for stamping on Lionel Messi's hand in another
Real-Barca game in 2012.
世界盃G組 德國 vs. 葡萄牙
Pepe 對 Mueller 使出頭槌攻擊，結果吞紅牌退場
現在可能面臨FIFA追加的三場禁賽處分
葡萄牙接下來還有兩場小組賽（分別對上美國和迦納）
如果禁賽確定、葡萄牙又沒能在小組賽出線
那 Pepe 今年的世界盃就結束了...