0.90 against a limit of 0.25
Nearly four times the legal limit. That was the reading when police stopped Raul Asencio in San Bartolome de Tirajana, on Gran Canaria, on 16 August. A routine check, nothing targeted about it, and a result that left the Real Madrid centre-back no argument to make.
The legal ceiling in Spain sits at 0.25 mg/l. Asencio blew 0.90.
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A summary hearing, and a licence gone until spring
Spanish courts dealt with it fast. The verdict: guilty of drink-driving, a 14,400 euro fine and an eight-month driving ban. The money stings less than the ban. He now spends the bulk of a La Liga season unable to drive himself anywhere.
His summer had already been noisy enough. His name did the rounds all window, with a move away from Madrid floated more than once. The market shut last night and he is still a Real Madrid player.
Madrid have said nothing yet
The timing is awkward for the club. Two rounds into the season, with a defence still settling, the staff wanted a centre-back thinking about nothing but football. Instead the questions in the mixed zone will be about a night in the Canaries.
Whether any internal sanction follows is still an open question. Real Madrid have not commented.
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