Wolfsburg's Lacroix gets two-match ban for red card

Wolfsburg's Maxence Lacroix gestures during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and SC Freiburg at the Volkswagen Arena. Wolfsburg defender Maxence Lacroix has been banned for two Bundesliga matches over a red card offence, the German Football Federation (DFB) said on Wednesday. Swen Pförtner/dpa

Wolfsburg defender Maxence Lacroix has been banned for two Bundesliga matches over a red card offence, the German Football Federation (DFB) said on Wednesday.

Lacroix was sent off in the second half of the match at Werder Bremen for a last-man foul on Romano Schmid, his third dismissal of the season.

The Frenchman will miss the matches against Borussia Mönchengladbach and at RB Leipzig for 14th placed Wolfsburg.

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