FIFA on Thursday banned Portugal defender Pepe for one match and fined him for the headbutt he carried out on Germany's Thomas Muller in their World Cup clash.
A FIFA statement said that the 31-year-old Real Madrid defender, who was red-carded for the incident, had been fined 15,000 Swiss francs (12,300 euros).
Heavy price for Head Butt. He should have taken utterly butterly delicious to keep cool head. And better he must have used head butt on ball to put that in goal.
Pepe's arm caught Mueller during Monday's Group H match and the German fell to the ground grimacing. Pepe infuriated at what he considered Mueller's playacting then pushed his head onto the German's forehead and got an immediate red card.
Portuguese defender Pepe's red card during his side's 0-4 loss to Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup got more reactions online on social media network Twitter than Lionel Messi's goal against Bosnia. More than 261,026 users reacted to Pepe's red card following his 'head butt' against Germany's Thomas Mueller, according to Twitter estimates.
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