Qatar participant suspended 5 video games after breaking leg of Canada’s Koné

Qatar participant Assim Madibo was given a five-match ban on Wednesday for the deal with that broke the leg of Canada midfielder Ismaël Koné on the World Cup.

Madibo was issued a straight crimson card for the incident throughout Canada’s 6-0 victory over Qatar in Vancouver final Thursday.

The FIFA disciplinary committee mentioned the suspension was for critical foul play and that the choice was topic to enchantment.

Canada’s first World Cup victory was overshadowed by the harm to Koné, who was taken off on a stretcher and later underwent surgical procedure on damaged tibia and fibula in his left leg.

He was tackled from behind within the 51st minute and gamers round him instantly feared he had sustained a critical harm as he lay on the bottom, holding his leg and masking his mouth together with his hand.

Madibo was additionally visibly upset and apologized in individual to Koné after the sport.

“You can’t even imagine how grateful I am to everyone who reached out and that has me in their prayers,” Koné later posted on Instagram.

The Qatar nationwide staff didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark by The Associated Press.

The ban shouldn’t be the largest issued by FIFA at a World Cup. Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was given a nine-match suspension and banned from all soccer-related exercise for 4 months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

In 1994, Italy defender Mauro Tassotti was suspended for eight video games for an elbow on Spain ahead Luis Enrique.