Melbourne City goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis has been banned for five games after he was found guilty of using racially abusive language by Football Federation Australia (FFA).
The 26-year-old custodian was caught on camera repeatedly calling Berisha a “f***ing gypsy” following Manny Muscat’s controversial 86th-minute own goal that gave Victory a 2-1 win.
“The committee determined that the player did commit the offence and must serve a suspension of five matches … for committing the offence of ‘use of discriminatory language and/or gestures, including racist, religious, ethnic or sexist’,” said FFA in a statement.
The former Liverpool goalie will be sidelined until next A-League away clash with Western Sydney and likely replaced by Thomas Sorensen in the interim.