Committee) convened to consider an incident referred to it, which occurred in or around the 30
th minute of Melbourne Victory’s Match Week 17 A-League match against Melbourne City FC on Saturday, 17 April 2021.The incident involved Melbourne Victory player, Adama Traore (
Traore).
The independent Match Review Panel (
MRP) referred the matter directly to the Committee for hearing and determination of whether, having regard to all the circumstances, the offence is sufficiently proven to warrant the imposition of an additional sanction in addition to the Mandatory Match Suspension, which must always be served.
The Committee determined that the Player must serve a suspension of five (5) A-League matches for committing the offence of “