Everton fullback Digne has red-card suspension downgraded

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·28 October 2020

Everton fullback Digne has red-card suspension downgraded

Everton full back Lucas Digne has seen his three match suspension for a red card downgraded to a single game.

An independent disciplinary panel took a look at the incident between him and Kyle Walker-Peters of Southampton.

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Digne will have to sit out the team's upcoming Premier League game, but will be available after then.

A Football Association statement read: "An independent regulatory commission has upheld a claim of clearly excessive punishment in relation to Everton FC's Lucas Digne.

"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.

"However, the independent regulatory commission has withdrawn his original suspension and applied a one-match suspension instead."