Pablo García punch
Ex-Real Madrid midfielder Pablo Gabriel García racked up an alarming 17 bookings in the ‘04-’05 La Liga season. His nickname - El Canario, “The Canary” - has nothing to do with his fondness for seeing yellow, but his birthplace in Uruguay’s Canelones department.
Nonetheless, trouble follows wherever García goes. Now playing for PAOK in Greece, he has already seen two yellow and two red cards in just seven games. And there was a three-game suspension - which ends today - for meting out rough justice in a top-of-the-table clash with Olympiakos.
The off-the-ball scuffle at the start of the video is between Diogo Luis Santo and García. It’s alleged that the Brazilian striker caught García in the face with his elbow. There’s no close-up footage of that incident, but García’s revenge - punching Diogo in the guts - was captured on camera, hence the lengthy ban.
Olympiakos won the match 2-0.
December 13th, 2008 at 4:48 am
He got off likely with a three game ban. You’d get a chat with the polis for hitting someone like that over here.