Sydney FC’s Paulo Retre will miss the Sydney Derby clash with Western Sydney Wanderers this Saturday night after being handed a one match suspension following his red card yesterday against Brisbane Roar.
Retre was sent off in the latter stages of the defeat following a challenge the referee deemed was stopping a goalscoring opportunity.
The midfielder will be available for the club’s next match a friendly against Celtic and the game against Melbourne City following the World Cup break.
Football Australia Statement
On Monday, 7 November 2022, the independent Match Review Panel (MRP) – consisting of Simon Micallef (Chair), Alan Contini, and Alan Davidson – convened to consider an incident involving Paulo Retre (Retre) of Sydney FC in or around the 81st minute of Sydney FC’s 2022-23 Isuzu UTE A-League Men Round Five match against Brisbane Roar FC on Sunday, 6 November 2022.
In accordance with the A-League Disciplinary Regulations (the Regulations), the MRP has the authority to consider the incident as Retre was issued with a direct Red Card by the Referee.
The MRP determined that Retre committed the offence of “denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, as prescribed in Law 12 of the Laws of the Game”. The minimum sanction for the offence is one (1) match, being the Mandatory Match Suspension. The MRP confirmed that Retre will serve a suspension of one (1) match, being the minimum sanction for the offence.
