Swedish referee Martin Strombergsson has been found guilty of offensive remarks against Guinean star Aly Keita.
The goalkeeper, who is on the books of Swedish club Ostersunds, reported Strombergsson to the Allsvenskan management after he told him “to shut up and go back into his goal so bananas could be thrown at him,” during a league game last season.
The chairman of the referees’ committee in Sweden, Peter Ekstrom revealed that Strombergsson has been banned from officiating matches for the rest of 2020 as punishment.
“Martin Strombergsson regrets that he had no racist intentions with what he has said,” Ekstrom told the Swedish Football Federation.
“We have no reason to doubt this, but still consider it to be a very inappropriate statement, and it must be obvious that it can be perceived as offensive.
“Based on what has happened, it is not appropriate for Martin Strombergsson to judge any matches in the league series during the remainder of 2020.”
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Source: Vanguard Newspaper
