Juventus winger Douglas Costa has been suspended for four Serie A matches after spitting at Sassuolo's Federico Di Francesco during Sunday's game, the Italian league has said.
Costa escaped with a booking for elbowing and head-butting Di Francesco, but was sent off after cameras caught him spitting at the same player in another altercation.
BREAKING: Douglas Costa has been given a four-match Serie A ban for his spitting incident on Sunday pic.twitter.com/VKfqzYmiZM
— Goal (@goal) September 18, 2018
Juventus won the game 2-1 despite the dismissal of Costa, who apologised for his behaviour after the match in a statement.
The 28-year-old Brazilian will miss league games against Frosinone, Bologna, Napoli and Udinese but is eligible to face Valencia in the Champions League later on Wednesday.
A spit in the mouth = four match ban https://t.co/GavsDCHrH7
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) September 18, 2018
