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Mason Greenwood was shown a straight red card for dissent in Getafe’s two-goal defeat against Rayo Vallecano on Tuesday.

Greenwood, 22, was dismissed in the 50th minute of the match after protesting that he did not receive a free-kick before being penalised for a foul.

The post-match report from referee Jorge Figueroa Vazquez outlined how Greenwood was sent off for saying ‘f*** you’ in the direction of the official.

The referee’s version of events were disputed by Getafe head coach Jose Bordalas, who told his post-match press conference that Greenwood told his teammates he had said ‘f*** sake’ and had not insulted anyone.

“The player has told me that he said ‘f*** sake’ and did not insult anyone,” Bordalas said.

Greenwood joined the mid-table La Liga side on a season-long loan deal from Manchester United on the final day of the summer transfer window.

The forward has scored five goals across 16 matches in all competitions this campaign for Getafe, who remain eighth in La Liga after this defeat.

Getafe finished the match with nine men as Greenwood’s red card followed a first half dismissal for Juanmi Latasa, while Damian Suarez was also shown a straight red card following his substitution off the pitch in the 70th minute due to dissent.

Greenwood was made available for transfer after United confirmed on August 21 that they had abandoned their plan to bring the forward back into the first-team squad.

He had been subject to an internal investigation from United since February when the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) discontinued its case against him for attempted rape, assault, and coercive control. He denied all the alleged offences.

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Mason Greenwood scored his first goal for Getafe during Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo in La Liga.

Greenwood put his side 2-1 up in the 33rd minute as he drifted unmarked to the back post and sent Borja Mayoral’s low cross into the roof of the net.

It was his first goal since he scored for Manchester United during their 3-1 win against Brentford on January 19 2022.

The 22-year-old was making his fifth Getafe appearance since joining the club on loan from United on deadline day.

The result leaves Getafe 11th in La Liga after two wins and four draws from their opening nine matches.

Borja Mayoral had given Getafe the lead inside two minutes at Estadio de Balaidos before Jonathan Bamba levelled for Celta Vigo.

Getafe had to play over an hour with 10 players following Domingos Duarte’s dismissal but despite being a man down, Greenwood put the visitors ahead shortly after.

Jorgen Strand Larsen drew Celta Vigo level on the stroke of half time and neither side could find a winner in the second period as the game finished 2-2, with Greenwood withdrawn on the hour.

Greenwood was made available for transfer after United confirmed on August 21 that they had abandoned their plan to bring the forward back into the first-team squad.

He had been subject to an internal investigation from United since February when the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) discontinued its case against him for attempted rape, assault, and coercive control. He denied all the alleged offences.

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The Spanish Football Association (RFEF) is investigating an alleged offensive remark by Jude Bellingham to Mason Greenwood after being passed the case by La Liga.

The RFEF Competition Committee are investigating the alleged comment during the match in La Liga between Getafe and Real Madrid on February 1.

Videos of the alleged incident — which took place after a Bellingham challenge on Greenwood — from the TV broadcast of the match were widely circulated on social media.

La Liga subsequently hired an expert lip reader to investigate the incident after confirming a complaint from Getafe.

That report was last week passed on to the RFEF Competition Committee, who are responsible for administering suspensions in Spanish football.

For all incidences, an investigating judge is appointed to collect all the relevant information and will then make a ruling on the outcome within a few weeks.

The relevant club will then be given a timeframe of 10 business days to appeal the decision.

The Spanish FA’s regulations state: “To insult, offend, threaten or provoke, as long as it does not constitute a more serious offence, will be punished with a suspension of one to three games or for a period of up to one month.”

Getafe sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationship, insisted after the incident Greenwood did not want the matter to escalate.

Madrid declined to comment when approached by The Athletic.

Greenwood joined Getafe side on a season-long loan deal from Manchester United on the final day of the summer transfer window.

The 22-year-old was made available for transfer after United confirmed on August 21 that they would not bring the forward back into the first-team squad, after The Athletic had revealed details of plans to reintegrate him and then the subsequent U-turn.

He had been subject to an internal investigation from United since February when the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) discontinued its case against him for attempted rape, assault, and coercive control. He denied all the alleged offences.

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La Liga has hired a lip-reading service to investigate an incident between Jude Bellingham and Mason Greenwood, per the AP.

During a match on Thursday, Real Madrid midfielder Bellingham tackled the ball away from his fellow Englishman, Getafe forward Greenwood.

The cameras quickly cut to Bellingham, who seemed to utter an incendiary term in Greenwood’s direction: “Rapist.”

After the match, a 2-0 Madrid win, Getafe filed a complaint over the incident, which the Spanish top flight will now investigate.

Greenwood was arrested and suspended by Manchester United in January 2022, after a recording and images were released on social media of an alleged sexual attack.

The charges of attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behavior eventually were dropped in February 2023 after the withdrawal of key witnesses, and new material coming to light.

The Athletic reported that United had originally planned on bringing Greenwood back for the 2023-24 season, but that reporting led to an outcry over the decision that eventually led to the 22-year-old being sent on loan to Getafe.

Strangely, there is some recent history between Bellingham and Greenwood as well.

In September, Getafe coach José Bordalás was forced to apologize after falsely claiming Bellingham had told Greenwood to move to La Liga.

“Greenwood has a friendship with Bellingham and he recommended that he come and play in the Spanish league,” Bordalás told Radio Marca.

Those remarks reportedly didn’t go down well with Bellingham’s camp, which forcefully pushed back against the narrative from Bordalás.

“I wanted to clear up a misunderstanding there has been. I said that Mason Greenwood came to Getafe because he had spoken to Bellingham,” the coach said in September.

“It has been clarified to me that this was not the case. I apologize. Mason arrived in a different way. It was our interest and they offered him to me and we were very interested. I just wanted to clarify that, it was not a bad intention.”

The chants aimed at Mason Greenwood during his first game for Getafe have been referred to the Spanish football federation and government for potential punishment.

The home match against Osasuna on Sunday was Greenwood’s first appearance for his new club after he had joined on loan from Manchester United earlier this month.

La Liga’s official match observer heard the chants of “Greenwood, die” from a section of the away support with a report from the league on Friday confirming the incident is among a list of cases which could now result in disciplinary action.

The report read: “In minute 77 of the game, about 100 visiting supporters, situated in the travelling fans section of the stand behind the north goal, sang in a coordinated way for approximately 12 seconds – ‘Greenwood die, Greenwood die, lololo, lololo, Greenwood die’, in reference to a home player, with home fans reacting with whistles with the intention of ending the song”.

The report has now been sent to the Spanish federation’s competition committee and the government’s anti-violence commission, who have the power to hand out punishments including fines or even partial stadium closures.

Getafe fans were also denounced for seven different incidents – including ‘fuck Osasuna’ chants from their ultras group.

When asked by The Athletic about the chants, Osasuna coach Jagoba Arrasate replied: “I heard lots of chants, and we have to talk about them all. The chants of ‘fuck Osasuna’ were very bad, and the chants against Greenwood were very bad too.”

The report also detailed offensive chants during Valencia vs Atletico Madrid, Barcelona vs Real Betis and Segunda Division game between Espanyol and Eldense.

Similar chants are heard regularly in Spanish stadiums with the likes of Vinicius Junior, Luis Rubiales, Antoine Griezmann and Cristiano Ronaldo among those targeted in the past.

Atletico Madrid were fined €602 by the federation in 2019 for ‘Griezmann die’ chants from their supporters, after the France international had left Atletico to join Barcelona.

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