Douglas Costa receives fairly lenient ban for spitting at opponent

He has received a ban for spitting at an opponent

Douglas Costa has been handed a four match ban for spitting at Sassuolo's Federico Di Francesco on Sunday. The incident occurred during Juventus' 2-1 home victory over Sassuolo. There were several minor incidents between the two players during the game - Costa was guilty of elbowing and headbutting the player before he spat into Di Francesco's mouth. https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/douglas-costa-spit-177360 VAR was needed to alert the referee to the situation before Costa was sent off. He then took to Instagram to apologise for his actions. https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/douglas-costa-issues-apology-for-vile-spitting-incident-against-sassuolo-177387 Di Francesco showed incredible restraint not to react, after being the victim of such a repulsive act. Costa can count himself lucky to only receive a fur match ban, after West Ham United's Arthur Masuaku received a ssix-matchban for a similar incident in last season's FA Cup. Serie A are apparently more lenient than the FA.