Mitrović Fernandes

I’m making this post because of the amount of people upset that Fernandes did something similar to Mitro and received no punishment. The reality is Mitro’s punishment of 8 matches is severe (not saying it’s not deserved, but you can’t say it’s not harsh). Should Fernandes have gotten that? Absolutely not. Mitro’s behavior was far more aggressive than Fernandes’. Should Bruno have been booked or banned though? Absolutely. Now to those of you that strongly disagree with me, I assume you didn’t watch it the game. Not judging you, but context is important here. In isolation maybe this isn’t a ban, but the world doesn’t work in isolation. This was a mere glimpse of his shithousery behavior from a 90 minute performance chock full of similar antics. The fact that he wasn’t already on a booking is incredible, the fact he escaped without so much as a yellow or red afterwards is inexcusable. With VAR and all the technology at their disposal the FA need to strive for a much higher level of consistency than this.