PSG manager Luis Enrique faces total coaching ban after SLAPPING Chelsea star Joao Pedro at Club World Cup
Spaniard Enrique lost control after his side crashed 3-0 to
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Luis Enrique is facing a total coaching ban for his Club World Cup final slap on Joao Pedro
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Enrique lost his cool after the match and slapped him on the side of the head
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The incident sparked a 20-plus brawl involving players and staff
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After squaring up to the Brazilian striker, the
The incident sparked a major melee involving 20-plus players and staff from both sides.
Fifa is now poised to open a formal disciplinary probe into Enrique's behaviour.
But world chiefs are UNABLE to impose a specific match sanction because PSG and Enrique will not play any games under their jurisdiction until the Champions League winners represent Europe in the InterContinental Cup in December.
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And that leaves a TIME penalty - a period in which the Catalan would be prevented from doing ANY training ground or match day work - as the most likely punishment if Enrique is charged with misconduct.
But midfielder
The likely punishment for Enrique was predicted by senior Spanish referee Eduardo Gonzalez, who said: 'Of course, you can be sanctioned.
'There's a difference, the red and yellow cards in the tournament will expire. But FIFA can sanction him with time.
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'So, if Luis Enrique is given a one-month ban, he would miss any games in that month. What's more, he wouldn't even be able to train the team.'
He added: 'You can't touch an opponent's face. That's already a humiliating issue, that you have to go over and punch a player in the face when the game is over.
Luis Enrique explains why he slapped Joao Pedro in shocking bust-up after Chelsea's Club World Cup win over PSG
'I don't look at names, I look at the action, and if we look at the action, it's punishable.
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'Fifa is above Uefa. If Fifa tells you there are three matches it's in their competition, but since in this tournament the yellow and red cards ended, FIFA can, on the other hand, sanction players based on time.'
The time-based penalty was handed out to former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez when he bit Italy's
Suarez was initially banned from 'all football-related activities' for four months and banned for nine international matches, although an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was partially successful allowing the striker to train with new club
Fifa have yet to confirm whether disciplinary procedures have been opened against Enrique or anybody else involved.
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The PSG boss - who could now be banned for PSG's Super Cup meeting with Spurs in Udine on August 14 -
He said: "At the end of the match, there was a situation that was completely avoidable for everyone.
"My intention, as always, was to try to separate the players so that it didn't escalate.
'It was definitely avoidable; there was a lot of pressure. There were some problematic things coming from a lot of people. It's not the best way to attract attention."
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Enrique appeared to be trying to pin the blame on Blues chief
'I saw he had pushed others and we had to separate all the players and I do not know where that pressure came from.
"I have no problem expressing my feeling at the end of the game in a high level of pressure. It's very stressful for all of us. It is going to be impossible to avoid that.
"Everybody was involved. It was not what was best and the end result of the pressure of the match.
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"But this is a situation we must all avoid. That goes without saying. My intention is that I wanted to separate the footballers, so the situations didn't become worse."
Joao Pedro, who scored the third goal of Chelsea's first half blitz, suggested the flare-up had been sparked by PSG players making a bee-line for Brazilian youngster Andrey Santos.
He said: 'I went to protect Andrey. I saw their players were crowding Andrey. Like a good Brazilian, I went to protect my friend.
'A lot of people were arriving and in that mess, I ended up getting shoved. It's part of it.
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"I don't need to say anything more about them because it's normal. Everyone wants to win the game and, in the end, I think they lost their heads.
"But this is football, this has happened and now we need to enjoy it because we won the tournament, that's it. I don't want to talk too much about them because you know how it works. Football is this."
Neves' red card, though, will not bring a ban unless Fifa rule it deserves an extra punishment.
The regulations for the tournament state: 'Without prejudice to any other sanction that might result, any match suspension resulting from a player or official being sent off - as a result of a direct or an indirect red card - will not be carried over to another competition.'
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