Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca has been banned from the touchline at games for nine months for aggressively confronting the referee at a French league game.

Former Milan coach Paulo Fonseca says that the nine-month ban he was given over his touchline conduct in Ligue 1 feels like ‘a great injustice’, but has indicated that he is focussed on the job

Lyon's American owner John Textor has given his full support to Paulo Fonseca despite the manager's nine-month ban for confronting a referee, assuring the Portuguese "you are the right man for Lyon"."You are the right man for Lyon and we shall persevere.

Lyon manager Paulo Fonseca is suspended from conducting his matchday duties for almost nine months after angrily confronting a referee.

Lyon head coach Paulo Fonseca has been handed a 9-month ban by Ligue 1’s Disciplinary Committee yesterday after confronting Ligue 1 referee Benoît Millot. The scale of the punishment for a head

The manager's outburst at the end of Lyon's win over Brest resulted in an unprecedented ban that will keep him from the touchline through the end of November.

(Reuters) -Olympique Lyonnais coach Paulo Fonseca has been suspended for nine months by the French Professional Football League (LFP), following a confrontation with referee Benoit Millot during his team's recent 2-1 Ligue 1 victory over Brest.

Paulo Fonseca, the head coach of French soccer team Olympique Lyonnais, has been given a nine-month suspension after confronting a referee – a sanction the club described as “severe” and “unprecedented.

Paulo Fonseca's wife, Kateryna, has claimed her husband has been the victim of a "political execution" after he was suspended for nine months.

Yesterday, on the day of his 52nd birthday, Paulo Fonseca was handed a nine-month ban for confronting referee Benoît Millot in the dying moments of Olympique Lyonnais’ 2-1 victory over Stade