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Ethan Mbappe received a red card in the Champions League match against Betis for punching defender Nathan in the face.
UEFA has suspended Lille midfielder Ethan Mbappe (19 years old) for three Champions League matches for a straight red card in the game against Betis. Sport Express reports this.
The Frenchman was sent off in the first round match of the general stage of the tournament. Mbappe swung his hand at Spanish team defender Nathan and hit him in the face. The main referee of the match, Bulgarian Georgi Kabakov, sent the player off after watching the video replay.
Due to disqualification, Mbappe will miss matches against London Arsenal, Istanbul Galatasaray and Norwegian Bodo-Glimt. The player will be able to return to the team in the main European Cup tournament on November 25 in the match with Bayern Munich.
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Ethan Mbappe will return to Lille's squad for the match against Bayern on November 25
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