Chivas Guadalajara coach Ãscar GarcÃa Junyent has apologized after being caught on camera kicking León's recent signing James RodrÃguez in Tuesday's Liga MX game.
The Disciplinary Commission of the Mexican Football Federation issued a 3-match ban to the coach on Thursday and the 51-year-old will miss the matches against Querétaro (Feb. 1), Tijuana (Feb. 9) and Toluca (Feb. 15).
The Spanish manager was shown a red card in the 27th minute of his team's 2-1 defeat at León after VAR notified referee Oscar MejÃa of the incident.
The game turned ugly when GarcÃa held the ball and refused to hand it over to León's Nicolás Fonseca after it had gone out of bounds.
Chivas Guadalajara coach Ãscar GarcÃa will miss at least one match vs. Gallos after receiving a red card in his team's 2-1 loss to León. Imago7/Ramón BalandránFonseca pushed GarcÃa, who lost his balance and fell backwards towards his bench.
GarcÃa and others on his bench charged towards Club León players and the coach kicked James, whose back was turned. James was not injured.
"In a football game, emotions always run high and the passion for the colors you represent takes you to the limit, but that does not justify my reaction yesterday," GarcÃa wrote on Instagram. "I want to offer a sincere apology to the Chiva Nation and, of course, also to the rival.
"Now it's time to continue working with humility and commitment to achieve what we all want. Let's move forward!"
The Disciplinary Commission of the Mexican Football Federation issued a 3-match ban on Thursday.