Spitting Thuram suspended for five games | Football

sport">The Disciplinary Commission of the German Football Association imposed that severe punishment on him. The 23-year-old Frenchman also has to pay a fine of 40,000 euros.

sport">Thuram got off the hook on Saturday in the duel with Hoffenheim. It started with cursing at Posch, followed by a whistle that hit the Hoffenheim player in the face. Thuram had to leave the field with red on the instruction of the video referee.

sport">Afterwards, Borussia coach Marco Rose apologized for the misconduct of Thuram, the son of Lilian Thuram who won the world title with France in 1998. “This does not belong on a football field. I think he had a short circuit in his head. This went way too far, ”admitted Rose.

sport">Thuram himself also apologized extensively and already accepted an internal punishment from his club, which withholds a monthly salary from the player and donates it to a social cause.

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