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Genoa's Diego Perotti banned three games for elbow

Genoa winger Diego Perotti has been hit with a three-match ban for elbowing an opponent.

The 27-year-old Argentinian was dismissed by referee Marco Di Bello after "violently hitting an opponent in the face with his elbow" during Genoa's 1-0 home defeat to Bologna on Sunday.

The opponent in question was Guinean midfielder Amadou Diawara, who was himself sent off for dissent, mere moments after Luca Rossettini had scored a stoppage-time winner for Bologna.

Lega Serie A confirmed Diawara would serve a one-match suspension for his transgression.