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Brazil defender given HUGE, unprecedented ban after leg break tackle

Gabriel Pec Internacional Brazil Serie A Athletic Cruzeiro
PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - MAY 3: Goalkeeper Anthoni Souza talks with Victor Gabriel of Internacional during the match between Internacional and Fluminense as part of Brasileirao 2026 at Beira-Rio Stadium on May 3, 2026 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Photo by Pedro H. Tesch/Getty Images).

Brazil’s Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) has ruled that 22-year-old Internacional defender Victor Gabriel will serve an unprecedented ban following his red card in a top-flight match last week.

Gabriel was sent off in a Serie A fixture against Cruzeiro. His tackle fractured the tibia of former Los Angeles Galaxy star Gabriel Pec, who joined the Belo Horizonte club from the Galaxy as recently as this month.

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