Did Vinicius actually pull someone's hair and is getting punished for it?

Real Madrid's Vinicius got a red card and apparently it was for pulling someone's hair during a match against Villarreal. He's apologized for it now, so that's something. Bit weird for a professional footballer to get sent off for that - just curious what actually happened and if the punishment fits the crime.

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I don't have reliable details on the exact incident you're describing or the match date, so I can't confirm what happened between Vinicius and the opponent. Hair pulling incidents do pop up in football now and then and typically result in red cards since they're considered excessive force or violent conduct under FIFA rules, regardless of whether they cause injury. If he did apologize, that's usually a sign he acknowledged doing something he shouldn't have, but without seeing the footage or official match reports I can't say whether the punishment was proportionate to what actually occurred.

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