{"id":50864,"date":"2026-04-29T19:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50864"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:22:04","slug":"real-zaragoza-keeper-esteban-andrada-hit-with-13-match-ban-for-punching-pulido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/real-zaragoza-keeper-esteban-andrada-hit-with-13-match-ban-for-punching-pulido\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Zaragoza keeper Esteban Andrada hit with 13-match ban for punching Pulido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"293\">Real Zaragoza have been dealt a major setback after goalkeeper <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Esteban Andrada<\/span><\/span> was handed a lengthy 13-match suspension by the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Royal Spanish Football Federation<\/span><\/span> following a violent on-field incident during their derby clash with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">SD Huesca<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"765\">The disciplinary action stems from a heated moment in last Sunday\u2019s Segunda Divisi\u00f3n fixture, where Andrada struck Huesca defender <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jorge Pulido<\/span><\/span> in the face during stoppage time. The Argentine goalkeeper, currently on loan from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">CF Monterrey<\/span><\/span>, initially received a red card after pushing Pulido, but the situation escalated quickly as he charged toward the defender and landed a punch, triggering a mass brawl on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"1208\">According to the federation\u2019s disciplinary committee, Andrada received a 12-match ban for the violent conduct, in addition to a one-match suspension for the red card, taking his total punishment to 13 games. Both the player and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Real Zaragoza<\/span><\/span> have also been fined. The suspension effectively rules the 35-year-old out for the remainder of the season, dealing a significant blow to Zaragoza\u2019s fight to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1210\" data-end=\"1565\">The chaotic scenes did not end with Andrada\u2019s dismissal. Huesca goalkeeper <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dani Jimenez<\/span><\/span> was also sent off and handed a four-match ban, while Zaragoza\u2019s <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dani Tasende<\/span><\/span> received a two-match suspension for their involvement in the altercation. Despite the drama, Huesca held on to secure a crucial 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1567\" data-end=\"1847\">Following the match, Andrada issued a public apology, acknowledging the severity of his actions and the negative impact on his team and supporters. Zaragoza also condemned the incident, stating that the scenes witnessed were unacceptable and had no place in professional football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Zaragoza have been dealt a major setback after goalkeeper Esteban Andrada was handed a lengthy 13-match suspension by the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":50865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5354,5355,5353,4057],"class_list":["post-50864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-esteban-andrada","tag-pulido","tag-real-zaragoza","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50866,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50864\/revisions\/50866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}