Footballer banned for 50 years after kicking ball in referees face

Ricardo Ferreira also sprayed water at Swiss official I had expected one or two years maximum. But 50? A fourth division player in Switzerland has been handed a 50-year ban after kicking a ball in the referees face and then spraying him with water. According to the Swiss newspaper Blick, the defender Ricardo Ferreira of Portugal Futebol Clube was an unused substitute in the 1-0 defeat by SC Worb in the local Bern league. But it was not until after the match that he entered the fray, kicking the ...