{"id":20487,"date":"2026-04-27T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20487"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:39:10","slug":"zaragoza-goalkeeper-punches-player-sparks-brawl-in-la-liga-2-derby-match-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20487","title":{"rendered":"Zaragoza goalkeeper punches player, sparks brawl in La Liga 2 derby match | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Real Zaragoza\u2019s Esteban Andrada faces a ban for punching Huesca\u2019s Jorge Pulido after being shown a red card.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 27 Apr 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">27 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Esteban Andrada faces a long ban for punching a Huesca player in the face, having already been sent off in a match in the second tier of Spanish league football.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentina international, 35, pushed over Jorge Pulido and was dismissed for the incident on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Andrada then became enraged, running to hit Pulido and sparking a brawl on the pitch in stoppage time of the derby clash.<\/p>\n<p>Huesca goalkeeper Dani Jimenez and Zaragoza\u2019s Dani Tasende were also sent off in the aftermath, with hosts Huesca holding on for a 1-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>Andrada, on loan from Mexican side Monterrey, could be banned for up to 12 matches for the punch as well as the obligatory one-match sanction for his red card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe witnessed scenes unbecoming of this sport and which should never have occurred,\u201d said Zaragoza in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club strongly condemns what happened in that moment, which has unacceptably tarnished a football match of special importance for our region, something that is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding our player Esteban Andrada, the club will analyse the events that occurred and take the appropriate disciplinary measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Zaragoza and Huesca are in the relegation zone and fighting demotion to Spain\u2019s third tier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Zaragoza\u2019s Esteban Andrada faces a ban for punching Huesca\u2019s Jorge Pulido after being shown a red card. Published On 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026 Real Zaragoza goalkeeper Esteban Andrada faces a long ban for punching a Huesca player in the face, having already been sent off in a match in the second tier of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}