Atletico Madrid’s Spanish forward Diego Costa (C R) talks with Spanish referee Gil Manzano prior to receiving a red card during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on April 6, 2019/ AFP
Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa will miss the rest of the season after being handed an eight-match suspension by the Spanish Football Federation on Thursday.
Costa was sent off in the first half of Atletico’s 2-0 defeat to Barcelona on Saturday for directing a crude insult towards referee Gil Manzano.
Manzano also reported that Costa had “grabbed” him by the arms during the incident.
Details coming…
