Tottenham star Rodrigo Bentancur handed four-game Uruguay ban after Colombia clashes | OneFootball

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has also been given a hefty suspension after the ugly scenes that marred Copa America semi-final tie in July

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been handed a four-game ban from international football.

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has been banned for five matches and fined $20,000, with Barcelona’s Ronald Araujo, Atletico Madrid defender Jose Maria Gimenez and Napoli left-back Mathias Olivera all handed respective three-game suspensions and fines of $12,000.

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez confronted Colombia fans in the stands after heated Copa America tie

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The Uruguayan Football Association were also fined $20,000 following the fracas, meanwhile.

The bans for Nunez, Bentancur, Araujo, Gimenez and Olivera all apply to international football only, with all five players remaining available for club duty.

Barca centre-back Araujo is currently sidelined through injury after undergoing hamstring surgery earlier this summer, while Bentancur missed Tottenham’s 4-0 Premier League thumping of Everton last weekend after suffering a head injury during the opening game of the season away at newly-promoted Leicester.

Uruguay - currently managed by former Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa - return to action with a friendly against Guatemala in Florida next week before September World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Venezuela are followed by meetings with Peru and Ecuador respectively in October.

They face Colombia again on home soil in November before travelling to take on Brazil in their final match of 2024.