Marcus Thuram sanctioned for 6 games after spitting at a rival player

The German Football Association announced on Monday that Borussia Monchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram has suspended six games for spitting at a player from the opposing team in a German league (Bundesliga) match.

Thuram will be absent from the team’s ranks for five games, while his sixth game will be suspended until December 21, 2021, in addition to being fined 40,000 euros ($ 48,000) by the union.

Kat Thuram spat at Hoffenheim’s Stefan Bosch and received the red card during the two teams’ match on Saturday in the German League, which ended in Hoffenheim’s 2/1 victory.

The German Federation specified that the sanction imposed on the player applies in all competitions, which implies his absence from the match scheduled for the fourth division team Ilversberg tomorrow Tuesday, in the second round of the German Cup, and the team’s matches. in the Bundesliga scheduled against Armenia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich, Stuttgart and Bremen next January.

And Marco Roze, the Borussia Monchengladbach coach, had announced today, before the federation issued the penalty, that Thuram would not participate in tomorrow’s match against Ilversberg “regardless of the penalty.”

Thuram, who apologized, was also punished Sunday by deducting a month’s salary from his club dues.

On the penalty of the German federation, Rouse said: “We will accept anything”, but at the same time stressed that the player is part of the team and that he will support him in everything he faces.