"Unprecedented punishment"

Laser scandal: goalkeeper banned for eleven games

Nahuel Guzmán(Bild: 2023 Getty , x)

A goalkeeper in Mexico's top soccer league has been banned for eleven games for pointing a laser pointer at opponents during a match.

The disciplinary commission of the Mexican association also fined the 38-year-old Argentinian Nahuel Guzmán and ordered him to carry out community service. The association called this an "unprecedented punishment". His club Tigres was also fined an undisclosed amount.

Guzmán, who is currently recovering from an injury, had aimed a laser pointer at the opposing goalkeeper from a box in the stadium during the derby against Monterrey last Saturday. The game ended 3:3.