Matheus Cunha had ban reduced for offering to buy security guard new glasses

Player involved in melee after Wolves’ loss to IpswichBrazilian’s offer was considered as a mitigating factor

The Wolves forward Matheus Cunha’s offer to buy new glasses for an Ipswich security guard with whom he was involved in an altercation helped convince an independent disciplinary panel to cut his ban from three matches to two.

The Brazilian was charged by the Football Association on 16 December after he was seen confronting members of Ipswich’s security team after his side’s last-gasp loss at Molineux two days earlier. That included him grabbing the glasses of a security guard in the melee.

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