Mainz midfielder Jose Rodriguez was on Tuesday hit with a five-match ban and fined €10 000 for his horror tackle which left his opponent with a gash to the bone.
Rodriguez was sent off, just eight minutes into his Mainz debut having come off the bench, after his tackle on Augsburg’s Dominik Kohr, who needed surgery after receiving a 14cm-long gash which exposed the bone, damaging muscles and tendons.
The sports court of the German Football Federation (DFB) took a dim view of the foul in the dying stages of Sunday’s Bundesliga match, which Mainz won 3-1, and earned Rodriguez a straight red card.
