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Digg ThisBOGOTA, July 1 (Reuters) - Atletico Junior coach Julio Comesana received a five-game ban on Wednesday for using abusive language against a referee, who has also been suspended.
The Uruguayan was sent off during the first leg of Colombia's Apertura championship final last week. Comesana went onto the pitch during the 2-1 defeat at Once Caldas and berated the referee for allowing a goal he thought was offside.
The referee, Imer Machado, was banned from officiating for five matches for his mistakes in the match, which included allowing a goal scored from an offside position, the league's disciplinary commission said in a statement.
"The commission learned from the referee's report that Julio Comesana was sent off for using gross and insulting language against the referee and after his dismissal he entered the field of play and abused him with vulgar words and offensive terms about his person," it said.
Such behaviour was extremely serious and deserved a punishment that would serve as an example, it added.
Comesana, whose side lost the final 5-2 on aggregate, will miss Junior's first five matches in the Clausura championship starting in mid-July. He was also fined $750.
