Vinicius will miss El Clasico on October 25, the primary of his four-match ban for pulling Saliba’s hair in La Liga.
Revealed On 14 Oct 2026
Actual Madrid’s Vinicius Junior will miss the upcoming match towards Barcelona within the Spanish league after being issued a four-match suspension for pulling an opponent’s hair throughout a La Liga recreation final week.
The Brazilian ahead will miss Madrid’s subsequent 4 league fixtures, together with the extremely anticipated October 25 El Clasico towards fierce rivals and league champions Barcelona.
The Spanish federation’s disciplinary committee introduced the ban on Wednesday after Vinicius acquired the pink card towards Villarreal final week.
The quantity seven thought he had scored Actual’s second aim within the match on Saturday, however his effort was disallowed after a video assistant referee (VAR) evaluation discovered he ought to be dismissed for pulling Nathan Saliba’s hair within the build-up.
The Spanish soccer federation’s disciplinary committee confirmed the Brazilian will likely be banned for a number of matches, together with the go to to face league leaders Barca, due to each the pink card and his subsequent protests.
After the match, Vinicius, who got here on within the 52nd minute and was red-carded 20 minutes later, posted on social media, saying, “sorry to the staff and the followers”.
Vinicius was celebrating after scoring when referee Isidro Diaz de Mera was referred to as by the VAR to evaluation the moments earlier than his aim. The referee waved off the aim and pulled out a pink card for Vinicius, who additionally goes by his nickname Vini Jr.
When he thought Vinicius had doubled the lead, Actual supervisor Jose Mourinho ran to affix the celebrations together with his gamers.
However moments later, Vinicius was left furious by the referee’s choice. He screamed at Diaz de Mera whereas his teammates tried to calm him down as he left the sector.
