Roma’s Destro banned for punch
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ROMA forward Mattia Destro was banned for three matches yesterday for punching Cagliari defender Davide Astori, handing the second-place squad a big blow for its faint Serie A title hopes.
The ban could also affect Destro’s selection chances for Italy’s World Cup squad, due to national team coach Cesare Prandelli’s code of ethics.
The incident occurred during the first half of Roma’s 3-1 win on Sunday, in which Destro scored a hat-trick. It was the first hat-trick of Destro’s career and it brought his scoring total to 13 goals in 18 matches since starting his injury-delayed season in December.
While Destro was not sanctioned by the referee, he was cautioned in the match for another incident and due to accumulated cards will miss another game, meaning he’ll be unavailable for four of Roma’s six remaining matches — pending a possible appeal.
Roma trails Italian league leader Juventus by eight points and hosts the Bianconeri in the penultimate round. Roma’s problems mounted as defender Mehdi Benatia was ruled out for a month with a left leg muscle tear.
On Monday, Keisuke Honda answered his critics by scoring the winner for AC Milan, his maiden Serie A goal, in a precious 2-1 win at Genoa.
Honda has failed to live up to expectations for Clarence Seedorf’s ailing side since joining the club from CSKA Moscow in October.
Also, Fernando Llorente scored twice in the space of three minutes and Juventus restored its eight-point lead atop Serie A with a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Livorno.
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