Porto defender Pepe faces a ban of two years from football amid accusations that he hid a bullet during Friday night’s crunch Portuguese league clash against Sporting Lisbon.
The tetchy match ended in a remarkable 40-man brawl as players, staff, stewards and even ball boys got involved as tensions boiled over.
Referee Joao Pinheiro responded to the chaos by showing red cards to two players from each side, while former Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates had already been dismissed for two yellow cards.
