12 match Heavy punishment for the Portuguese international, after being accused of spitting and insulting the referee Halis Ozkahya, last weekend.

The discipline committee of the Turkish Football Federation will suspend Raul Meireles for eleven games, says the Turkish press.

At issue are alleged insults the Portuguese international to referee Halis Fenerbahce Ozkahya during the Classic last Sunday, with Galatasaray.

The judge’s report states that the game will have you spitting Meireles and called homosexual charges promptly denied by the average Portuguese.

Raul Meireles denies homosexual spat upon or called the referee Halis Özkahya, who refereed the fiery derby between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe which the Portuguese international was eventually expelled.

“I am really angry at the accusations he spat at the referee. My son is eight years old and I imagine the school telling her that her father spat in an umpire – this can destroy my reputation in the eyes of my son, “began by saying the average of 29 years in statements reproduced by Turkish site Football.com .

Raul Meireles also denies that the gesture made ​​after the expulsion has been an affront to the referee’s sexuality:

“I have many gay friends and respect them deeply. That gesture was the referee for having given in to pressure from supporters of Galatasaray, to tell him that she was afraid. I am not prejudiced and my gesture was not homophobic. I do not know what that gesture is used in Turkey for saying someone is gay but what I did was just to demonstrate that the referee was a coward and that buckled under the pressure. ”

Meireles, risking heavy punishment Turkish federation, admits even take legal action against referee: “The charges are insulting the referee and defamatory and I will take legal action against him to prove my innocence.”

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