Brazil press officer suspended over World Cup clash with Chile striker

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Brazil’s senior press official has been given a one-match ban for his role in a flare-up in the tunnel at half-time during the World Cup last 16 match against Chile on Saturday, Fifa said on Monday.

“He has been suspended for one match,” a Fifa spokeswoman said when asked for an update on the case involving the Brazil spokesman Rodrigo Paiva.

Fifa said the punishment was automatically applied after Paiva was sent off by the match referee. The case is being considered by the organisation’s disciplinary committee, which could hit Paiva with a longer ban.

Paiva said after the match, which Brazil won on penalties, that there was a scuffle with the Chile striker Mauricio Pinilla at half-time and that he shoved him in self-defence.