Everton defender Digne's three-match ban reduced to one game

<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfP4kzDWYIt3QOowOb9V1sfRRyFhTymWrUb3QeQTw91zqRBWRa4qz84il1q4-0m5uPZtwIigWueGLrh6uQDOiwN_l_XTqCkkjdrPFDsho9ZrOvwA0L8Z_ZWd-z3OzeadDwsmDItwz_8IK/s1036/epa_soccer_2020-10_2020-10-25_2020-10-25-08773161_epa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfP4kzDWYIt3QOowOb9V1sfRRyFhTymWrUb3QeQTw91zqRBWRa4qz84il1q4-0m5uPZtwIigWueGLrh6uQDOiwN_l_XTqCkkjdrPFDsho9ZrOvwA0L8Z_ZWd-z3OzeadDwsmDItwz_8IK/s320/epa_soccer_2020-10_2020-10-25_2020-10-25-08773161_epa.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span face="freight-book, serif" style="color: #313132; font-size: 21px;">Everton defender Lucas Digne’s three-match ban has been reduced to one game following an appeal against his dismissal against Southampton, the English Football Association (FA) said on Tuesday.</span></h2><p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #313132; font-family: freight-book, serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 30px 7vw; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Digne was shown a red card in Everton’s 2-0 defeat at Southampton last weekend for a stamp on Saints defender Kyle Walker-Peters in the 72nd minute.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #313132; font-family: freight-book, serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 30px 7vw; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti had confirmed after the game that the Merseyside club would appeal the decision, which he described as “a joke”.</p><div class="AdSlot__container___2BqUD ArticleBody-ad-slot-83sCj" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; align-items: center; border: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7vw; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="AdSlot__creative___aEugP" id="inline_canvas" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #313132; font-family: freight-book, serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 30px 7vw; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">"An independent Regulatory Commission has upheld a claim of clearly excessive punishment in relation to Everton FC's Lucas Digne," an FA spokesperson said <a href="https://twitter.com/FAspokesperson/status/1321130796963536902" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(18, 143, 221); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">[1/3] An independent Regulatory Commission has upheld a claim of clearly excessive punishment in relation to Everton FC’s Lucas Digne. <a href="https://t.co/nEE6JZICnA">pic.twitter.com/nEE6JZICnA</a></p>— FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) <a href="https://twitter.com/FAspokesperson/status/1321130796963536902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <div class="ArticleBody-embed-1cIbu Tweet-container-3ZCCU" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 30px 0px 20px 7vw; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 720.75px;"></div></div><p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #313132; font-family: freight-book, serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 30px 7vw; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“The defender was sent off for serious foul play during a Premier League fixture against Southampton FC on Sunday 25 October 2020 and would have been suspended for three fixtures.</p><div class="AdSlot__container___2BqUD ArticleBody-ad-slot-83sCj" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; align-items: center; border: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 7vw; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="AdSlot__creative___aEugP" id="mpu_native" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #313132; font-family: freight-book, serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 30px 7vw; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">“However, the independent Regulatory Commission has withdrawn his original suspension and applied a one match suspension instead.”</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; color: #313132; font-family: freight-book, serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px 30px 7vw; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">With the red card not rescinded, Digne will miss Sunday’s Premier League trip to Newcastle United, but will be available for selection when Everton host Manchester United on Nov. 7 and travel to Fulham on Nov. 21.</p>

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