Klein schandaal? Kopstoot, elleboog én spuwen, daar krijg je maar vier speeldagen voor in Italië

Vier speeldagen is de enorm lichte straf die Douglas Costa opgelegd krijgt. Dat het tegen de schenen van heel wat mensen zal schoppen, is nu al duidelijk. Er kwam uiteraard veel reactie op de lichte straf.

Douglas Costa had been given a 4 match ban for the elbow, headbutt, and spitting in an opponents face.

One more game than a bad tackle would get. ie. Vardy leaving a foot in a few weeks back for #LCFC

@SerieA is a joke right now.

— Mark Hawkins (@MHawkins78) September 18, 2018

Douglas Costa only punished for the spitting incident: the tackle, attempted head-butt and elbow deemed "insufficient to give a further ban". ? #SerieA

— Everything Napoli (@NaplesAndNapoli) September 18, 2018

So @douglascosta has officially been banned for 4 matches by @SerieA for spitting, with his elbow/tackle deemed "not enough to be considered violent conduct"

— Adam Digby (@Adz77) September 18, 2018

4 match ban for Douglas Costa.

My takeaway: Laughable, but expected. 4 games does NOTHING to scare away a player from acting out like that again.

— Alex Goldberg (@AlexGoldberg_) September 18, 2018