Rio de Janeiro: FIFA on Thursday banned Portugal defender Pepe for one match and fined him for the head butt he carried out on Germany’s Thomas Mueller in their World Cup clash.
A FIFA statement said that the defender, who was red-carded for the incident, had been fined 15,000 Swiss francs (Rs 10.10 lakh).
Pepe’s arm caught Mueller during Monday’s Group H match and the German fell to the ground. Pepe, infuriated at what he considered Mueller’s playacting, then pushed his head onto the German’s forehead and got an immediate red card.
Uruguay’s Maxi Pereira, banned for his red card against Costa Rica in their Group D game on Saturday was fined 10,000 Swiss francs. (AFP)