Uruguayan Goalkeeper Sentenced to Six Months

The Deportivo goal­keeper was found guilty of assault­ing his team­mate by a judge in La Coruña. The Uruguayan international’s argu­ment that it was a fight between two indi­vid­u­als was not accepted by the judge and the sen­tence was reduced from what was orig­i­nally nine months only because Dudu Aouate did not press charges.

Since Munúa does not have a crim­i­nal record, he will not have to go to prison if he pays a US$ 5,000 fine. The alter­ca­tion between the two occured on Jan­u­ary 11th after the Israeli inter­na­tional made pub­lic com­ments about Munúa tak­ing over his spot as starter. This is what led to the alter­ca­tion the fol­low­ing day which even­tu­ally led to both play­ers being dis­missed from the side by coach Miguel Ángel Lotina.

Deportivo are cur­rently in 19th place with 20 points and fight­ing to avoid relegation.