Barcelona's Mapi León Suspended for Two Matches After Controversial Incident

Barcelona's Mapi León chose, after a verbal altercation with Daniela Caracas in the derby against Espanyol in February, to grab her opponent's genitals. Now she is suspended for two matches for her actions.

» Published: April 14 2025

Barcelona's Mapi León Suspended for Two Matches After Controversial Incident
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It was ahead of Sunday's match against Atletico Madrid that Barcelona confirmed the suspension, when she was missing from the team lineup. Coach Pere Romeu says that the club has appealed.

The club has appealed, but we have not received any response yet. To avoid using an unauthorized player, we thought it was best that she was not included, he says according to Sport.

León has continued to deny the allegations, and claims that she did not do anything wrong.

"I have in no way violated my colleague Daniela Caracas by touching her groin, and I had no intention of doing so. There was absolutely no contact with her private parts and there was no intention to do so either", she said in a statement on Barcelona's website after the incident.

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