Adelaide United winger Ben Folami and Sydney FC goalkeeper Harrison Devenish-Meares will both serve one-game suspensions for their respective red cards earned in Round 7 of the Isuzu UTE A-League season.
Football Australia’s independent Match Review Panel (MRP) convened on Monday afternoon to consider the two incidents.
The MRP, consisting of Simon Micallef (Chair), Alan Davidson and Alan Contini, deemed Folami had committed “serious unsporting conduct” after making contact to the face of Phillip Cancar in a tussle with the Newcastle Jets defender.
Folami will serve the minimum one-game suspension for the offence, and will miss Adelaide’s Round 7 trip to face Central Coast Mariners before being eligible for selection once again against Sydney FC on Friday, December 20.
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Devenish-Meares will also serve a one-game suspension after receiving a red card in the first half of Sydney FC’s clash with Central Coast Mariners on Sunday evening.
In what was his Isuzu UTE A-League debut, Devenish-Meares came outside his box to challenge Alou Kuol for the ball and clattered into the Mariners striker.
The MRP determined Devenish-Meares committed the offence of “denying the opposing team an obvious goalscoring opportunity” and handed the goalkeeper a one-game ban – the minimum sanction for the offence.
Devenish-Meares will miss his side’s clash with Western United in Round 8 and, like Adelaide’s Folami, will be eligible for selection again when the two teams meet in Round 9 on December 20.
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