Brais Méndez will have to serve a two-game penalty after the referee showed the red card in the San Mamés derbi

The player of the Royal Society Brais Méndezwasexpelled by the referee in the derbi against Athletic of the22nd day of the EA Sports League , and now the Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish Football Federation has sanctioned the midfielder with two penalty matches.

Guillermo Cuadra Fernándezshowed the red card  to Brais Méndez in 83 minutes  after a controversial scissors with the defense of the AthleticAitor Paredes  , a penalty that the Board has imposed on him "because it happened violently outside the game, and because the game was stopped or there was no chance of playing the ball. "

The judge stated in the record that this was "violent behaviour , as he used excessive force without the ball being in play to beat an opponent in the face. "

The Royal filed allegations after the red card was deemed "unfair," but the committee ignored them and sanctioned the player.

According to the RFEF, the Donostiarra club stated in its writing that in the play "there were mitigating circumstances, prior to the infringement, because the provocationof Paredes was egon ", since the red-white defense pushed the Galician midfielder.

"Similarly, there was no intention, no aggression, no excessive force, no harmful consequences, no injury, "the Royal added.

Brais Méndez will be low in Elche  on Saturday in Anoeta and in Real Madrid on February 14 in Santiago Bernabéu.