As reported by Reuters, the decision was taken after RFEF hold a meeting on Monday (23 / 1) local time. With this, Pepe free play in the game quarterfinal second leg against Barcelona Copa del Rey.
The incident happened in El Clasico at the quarterfinal first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu where Real Madrid 1-2 of eternal rival surrendered it. Pepe is seen stepping on the hands of Messi, who sat in the field of post violated Jose Callejon in the second round.
The incident was caught by television cameras and the footage showed that Pepe seemed to deliberately because first look downward before set foot. However, the incidence was eluding officials and was not included in the report by the match referee.
Aftermath of the action, Pepe was inundated with criticism from local Spanish media in general. Brazilian-born Portugal international defender was later issued an apology by saying the action was not done intentionally.
RFEF decision is not contrary to the decision to punish Pepe England Agency (FA) who accuse Mario Balotelli who appeared on the same day. Manchester City striker was seen kicking the head of Tottenham Hotspur, although the referee did not take action.
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