{"id":423712,"date":"2026-04-29T17:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423712\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:07:23","slug":"real-zaragoza-goalkeeper-andrada-gets-13-game-ban-after-punching-opponent-zaragoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/423712\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Andrada gets 13-game ban after punching opponent | Zaragoza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Spanish football federation has banned Real Zaragoza\u2019s goalkeeper Esteban Andrada for 13 matches after he punched a Huesca player in the face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The federation\u2019s disciplinary committee said the former Argentina international and his club would also be fined, after Andrada was first sent off then \u201cattacked\u201d Huesca\u2019s Jorge Pulido in the second-tier derby last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Andrada was given a 12-match ban for the punch, and his initial red card carries an automatic one-match ban. He has been ruled out for the rest of the season, dealing a blow to second-bottom Zaragoza\u2019s hopes of avoiding relegation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The 35-year-old, on loan from the Mexican side Monterrey, shoved over Pulido and was shown a second yellow card. Andrada then became enraged, running to hit Pulido and sparking a brawl on the pitch in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe truth is I\u2019m very, very sorry for what happened,\u201d said Andrada afterwards. \u201cIt\u2019s not a good image for the club, for the fans, and especially not for a professional like myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Huesca\u2019s goalkeeper Dani Jim\u00e9nez and Zaragoza\u2019s Dani Tasende were also sent off in the aftermath of the brawl, with Huesca holding on for a 1-0 home win. Jim\u00e9nez was banned for four matches and Tasende two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe witnessed scenes unbecoming of this sport and which should never have occurred,\u201d Zaragoza said on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Spanish football federation has banned Real Zaragoza\u2019s goalkeeper Esteban Andrada for 13 matches after he punched a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-423712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}