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Atletico's Correa Banned for Five Games after Insulting Referee

Soccer Football - LaLiga - Valencia v Atletico Madrid - Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - February 22, 2025 Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Pablo Morano/ File Photo
Soccer Football - LaLiga - Valencia v Atletico Madrid - Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - February 22, 2025 Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Pablo Morano/ File Photo
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Atletico's Correa Banned for Five Games after Insulting Referee

Soccer Football - LaLiga - Valencia v Atletico Madrid - Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - February 22, 2025 Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Pablo Morano/ File Photo
Soccer Football - LaLiga - Valencia v Atletico Madrid - Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain - February 22, 2025 Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Pablo Morano/ File Photo

Atletico Madrid forward Angel Correa has been suspended for five games following his insults towards a referee last weekend, Spain's soccer federation (RFEF) said on Wednesday.

The Argentina international saw a straight red card in the 88th minute of their 2-1 loss at Getafe in LaLiga on Sunday for a studs-up tackle on opposition defender Djene, after the incident was reviewed by VAR, Reuters reported.

Correa then repeatedly insulted referee Cuadra Fernandez, who included the forward's remarks in the match report.

The sanction includes a one-match ban for the red card and four for the subsequent insults, the RFEF said.

The 30-year-old will miss Atletico's next five games of the domestic calendar, including LaLiga matches against Barcelona, ​​Espanyol, Sevilla, and Valladolid, as well as the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie against Barca.

Correa has scored seven goals in 38 appearances in all competitions this season.

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Hamilton Calls Ferrari Debut 'Most Exciting Period of My Life'

Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
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Hamilton Calls Ferrari Debut 'Most Exciting Period of My Life'

Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy

Lewis Hamilton said Thursday he was itching to get going during the "most exciting period of my life" at Ferrari, but cautioned of a transition period as he gets used to a new car.

After 12 years with Mercedes he will race for the first time in the Ferrari red at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this week, knowing expectations are high.

The seven-time world champion officially began work at the Scuderia in January after his shock move and completed 162 laps of testing in Bahrain.

The 40-year-old said it was hard to assess Ferrari's place in the pecking order so early in the season.

"Obviously three days in the car, difficult to know where we stand with everyone else. But we just try to keep our heads down and just focus on our job," he said in Melbourne, according to AFP.

"But for me, I mean, I'm just itching to get going, I guess it's been a long time coming."

Ferrari were pipped to the constructors' championship by McLaren last year, the seventh time the Italian team had finished second since they last won the team title in 2008.

Kimi Raikkonen was the last driver to lift the world championship for Ferrari in 2007 and Hamilton tempered expectations about what he might achieve.

"I have an expectation for myself. I know what I can bring, I know I can deliver, I know what it's going to take to do that, and it's just getting your head down and working away," he said.

"So I come with a very open mind. It is about getting into the season, this is about getting into a good rhythm.

"I'm still learning this new car that's quite a lot different to what I've driven for my previous career, in the sense of Mercedes power coming into Ferrari power," he added.

"It's something quite new, different vibration, different feel, different way of working.

"The whole team works completely differently."