📸 Defender pulls a Luis Suárez handball in Serie A play-off 🤯

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Richard Buxton·11 June 2023

📸 Defender pulls a Luis Suárez handball in Serie A play-off 🤯

Verona captain Davide Faraoni was sent off for an insane handball in their Serie A relegation play-off with Spezia.

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Faraoni had already opened the scoring in Sunday’s clash at Reggio Emilia before his side raced into a 3-1 lead.

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But the 31-year-old’s attempts to stop a potential second-half reducer for the Aquilotti saw him dismissed after punching the ball off the goal line.

Faraoni qui nous fait une Suarez dans ce play-out pour la Serie B ! Le capitaine de l’Hellas se sacrifie et renvoie le ballon de la main sur sa ligne, carton rouge, puis penalty arrêté et score qui reste à 3-1 🤚🏻 #SpeziaHellas
– Sunday, 11 June 2023

Fortunately for Faraoni, Spezia striker M’bala Nzola’s subsequent penalty was saved by Lorenzo Montipò as Verona went on to win 3-1.