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FCM Targu Mures midfielder Gabriel Muresan was also fined just under £5,000 for his sickening elbow on Steaua Bucharest striker Raul Rusescu.

Amazingly referee Istvan Kovacs only deemed the foul worthy of a yellow card despite Rusescu suffering a zygomatic bone fracture.

According to doctors the Steaua forward was close to losing his eye entirely following the incident.

Targu Mures' general director Daniel Stanciu has slammed the decision to ban his player for much of the Romanian domestic season.

"It's a drastic decision, I've never seen anything like this," he said.

"How can a player be suspended for 16 matches since he wasn't even sent off?

"We will appeal."