29.11.2014 Brandao sentenced to one month in prison

Bastia striker Brandao was sentenced to one month in prison for deliberately banged his head and broke the nose of a player of Paris Saint-Germain Thiago Mota after the meeting between the two teams in August.

It is however expected that the sentence will be appealed and replaced with community service. The Brazilian Brandao, who was banned for six months by the French Football League, will have to pay a fine of € 20,000.

"This is extremely serious. We used to say that the players are not above the law, but they should not be inferior to the law," said his lawyer Olivier Martin. The Brazilian striker хит хис хеад хит and broke the nose of the defender Thiago Silva of Parisians in the tunnel to the locker rooms "Parc des Princes" in August.

Brandao pleaded guilty, apologized and said that his actions were not "intentional" and are the result of "sudden impulse".