Paulo Fonseca, the head coach of French soccer team Olympique Lyonnais, has been given a nine-month suspension after confronting a referee – a sanction the club described as “severe” and “unprecedented.

Former Milan coach Paulo Fonseca says that the nine-month ban he was given over his touchline conduct in Ligue 1 feels like ‘a great injustice’, but has indicated that he is focussed on the job

The manager's outburst at the end of Lyon's win over Brest resulted in an unprecedented ban that will keep him from the touchline through the end of November.