Fernando Forestieri Fined & Banned Following Brawl

[Dave]

Fernando Forestieri has been fined £25,000 and banned for three games for his role in a brawl between Sheffield Wednesday and Mansfield players in pre-season.

The incident happened during a friendly on July 24 when the Italo-Argentinian striker caused a mass brawl after a bad challenge on an opposition player.

He then appeared to punch an opponent in the face before being assaulted himself trying to escape the bust-up himself.

The striker admitted an FA misconduct charge and will now miss the Owls' next Championship games against Stoke at home and Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest away

[Marc]

Haven't other players been sent off etc in friendlies and they didn't get banned for competitive matches?

I remember Rooney or another Man U player did get banned for the first game of the season once but then i thought the laws changed.

[Smiley Culture]

Was Forestieri found to have been racist because I think this is what the brawl was centred around?