Manchester City’s Rico Lewis has ban extended two more games

Rico Lewis will miss the next two Manchester City games at the Club World Cup after his ban was extended after his red card against Wydad AC.

Lewis attended the 6-0 victory against Al Ain in Atlanta on Sunday after being returned late during the 2-0 victory against Wydad to Philadelphia for a challenge on Samuel Obeng.

Pep Guardiola said that the red card was “not necessary”.

Lewis received an initial ban on a match, but he has now been extended to three matches, which means that the 20 -year -old will miss the last group match against Juventus on Thursday in Orlando, Florida, and at the end of the city of the city.

A statement published by FIFA read: “The FIFA disciplinary committee imposed the following sanction at the Rico Lewis of Manchester City which was sent following a direct red card during the FIFA club World Cup match against the suspension of three Wydad ac.”.

An ESPN source that City appealed the decision, but that it failed.

He leaves Guardiola with a selection dilemma before the match against Juventus, City needing a victory to guarantee the first place of their group.

Lewis is the only natural right rear of the team, although midfielder Matheus Nunes was used regularly last season.

Abdukodir Khusanov started in the right back against Al Ain while the central defender Manuel Akanji was used to fill it. The Kyle Walker natural right rear is not with the team in the United States while seeking to secure a distance from the Etihad stadium.

City, according to sources, did not exclude signing a background with right with the man of Juventus Andrea Cambaso, one of the names of the frame.