In an office on Calle Serrano, Madrid, Óscar Ribot is scrolling through a video on his phone, pausing it at the point where Carlos Henrique Casemiro’s boot rolls over the top of the ball and into the shin of Southampton’s midfielder Carlos Alcaraz. Saved in a WhatsApp group called ‘CaseRed,’ it is one of the images he and his team discussed using to challenge the four-game ban the Brazilian received after being sent off.
Manchester United decided not to appeal, which is why the games on the calendar on the desk are struck through. Until it reaches Thursday.
