Referee Soto Grado’s report on Vinicius’s sending off in the recent game against Valencia has been published.

The decision to send off the player came after a warning from match official Muniz Ruiz.

According to the referee’s official report, Vinicius was sent off for intentionally hitting an opponent in the head with significant force while the ball was out of play.

The first sanction

The next step in this case lies with the RFEF Disciplinary Committee, whose decision will be crucial. If they determine that Vinicius’ action counts as aggression, which seems likely, the player will could face a suspension of at least four games.

This would be in line with Article 103, which regulates cases of aggression. The article states that an attack, even without injury, could result in a suspension of four to 12 games.

This would be the case if the act took place during a break in play or far away from the action on the field and prevents intervention.

If the disciplinary committee decides in this way, Vinicius would miss a significant portion of football.

The ban would apply to all competitions, meaning he would be unavailable for the upcoming cup game as well as both Super Cup games – starting with the semi-final against Mallorca and a possible final.

In addition, he would also miss each of the Cup’s round of 16 and possibly the subsequent league game against Las Palmas on January 19.

The second possible sanction

Alternatively, if the Disciplinary Committee considers Vinicius’ reaction to be behavior contrary to good sporting code, The suspension could be between four and ten gamesor even a fine between 602 and 3,006 euros.

This would depend on whether they consider his conduct to be serious enough to warrant such a sanction.

However, if they conclude that the incident was simply an act of violence during the game, as described in Article 130, Vinicius could face a much lighter sentence.

That could result in a ban of up to three gamesonly applies in La Liga. If this is the case, he would miss two or three games but would still be available for the upcoming games against Las Palmas, Valladolid and possibly Espanyol.