Goal.com · Mar 5, 2020
Gelson Martins earns six-month ban for referee assault
Portugal international Gelson Martins has been banned from football for six months after assaulting a referee, Ligue 1 confirmed on Thursday.
Martins lined up for Monaco on February 1 against Nimes, but after 34 minutes became incensed when seeing team-mate Tiemoue Bakayoko sent off for a rash challenge.
Referee Mikael Lesage was the target of Martins' ire and was pushed twice in an ugly fracas that led to the former Atletico Madrid man joining Bakayoko in receiving a red card.
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Nine-man Monaco subsequently went down 3-1, having been tied 1-1 at the time of the double expulsion.