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(Reuters) – Uefa has banned Scotland defender Ryan Porteous for two games for “serious rough play” for his studs-up tackle on Ilkay Gundogan during the Scots’ 5-1 thrashing by Germany in the Euro 2024 opening match on Friday.
Germany were leading 2-0 when Porteous was shown a red card on the stroke of halftime after lunging in with a two-footed challenge on Gundogan inside the box.
Kai Havertz converted the resulting penalty.
Porteous will sit out Scotland’s games against Switzerland on Wednesday and Hungary on Sunday.
The Watford player will now have to depend on his teammates to earn passage to the knockout stages if he is to play again at the tournament.
Scotland’s FA were also fined €5,625 ($6,027) by UEFA for the throwing of objects during the 5-1 defeat.
Steve Clarke’s team will hope to bounce back from the heavy loss when the play Switzerland on Wednesday, with their final group fixture against Hungary on Sunday.