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Vinicius receives four-match ban and will miss Barcelona match
Spain’s football disciplinary committee suspended Real Madrid forward Vinicius for four matches after he was sent off against Villarreal.
The incident happened on Saturday during a league game at Real Madrid’s Bernabéu stadium.
Two matches are for pulling an opponent’s hair when the ball was not being contested, and two are for his protests after the red card.
The ban rules him out of the October 25 clásico against Barcelona at Camp Nou, as well as league games against Sevilla, Racing de Santander and Valencia.
The decision follows a video review that led the referee to cancel a Real Madrid goal and send Vinicius off.
Real Madrid plans to appeal the suspension in an effort to reduce it.
Unless the appeal succeeds, Vinicius is not expected to return to league action until after the November international break.
The Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee suspended Vinicius for four matches after his sending-off against Villarreal.
The suspension means he will miss Real Madrid’s match against Barcelona on 25 October.
The committee assigned two matches to Vinicius’s hair-pull on Villarreal’s Saliba and two to his protests after the red card.
He is also set to miss league matches against Sevilla, Racing and Valencia.
Real Madrid is expected to appeal the decision, according to Diario AS.
- Who
- Vinicius, the Real Madrid forward, was suspended by the Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee.
- What
- He received a four-match ban after being sent off against Villarreal. He will miss the Barcelona match.
- When
- The ban was announced on Wednesday, 14 October 2026.
- Where
- The incident happened during Real Madrid’s match against Villarreal at the Bernabéu.
- Why
- The committee cited a hair-pull on Saliba and Vinicius’s protests after his sending-off.
Real Madrid and RMTV
Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee
Sanction
Real Madrid and RMTV
RMTV criticised the decision and said Vinicius was insufficiently protected.
Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee
The committee imposed a four-match suspension, assigning two matches to the hair-pull and two to the protests.
Appeal
Real Madrid and RMTV
Real Madrid is expected to appeal in an effort to reduce the ban.
Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee
Not stated
Vinicius was sent off against Villarreal after pulling Saliba’s hair and protesting the decision.
The CTA’s review programme did not assess the red-card incident.
The Disciplinary Committee announced Vinicius’s four-match suspension.
Vinicius is due to miss Real Madrid’s league match against Sevilla.
Vinicius is due to miss Real Madrid’s match against Barcelona at Camp Nou.
- Suspension
- Four matches
- Hair-pull sanction
- Two matches
- Protests sanction
- Two matches
- Barcelona match
- 25 October 2026, at Camp Nou
- Other league matches missed
- Sevilla, Racing and Valencia
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What people are saying
You should ask the Committee why it hasn’t done it this morning or tomorrow morning, why they do it two hours before a match that is important for Real Madrid, which is a Spanish team.
Now with Vinicius, well, that’s war.
I can’t imagine something like this happening at Barça.