Diego Costa handed eight-match ban for insulting referee

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Spanish striker Diego Costa will be missing in action for Atletico Madrid for the rest of the La Liga season after being handed an eight-match suspension by the Spanish Football Federation on Thursday.

Costa was sent off in the first half of Atletico’s 2-0 defeat to Barcelona on Saturday for directing a crude insult towards referee Gil Manzano.

Manzano also reported that Costa had “grabbed” him by the arms during the incident.

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