The TFC midfielder Tongo Doumbia during a Ligue 1 match against Monaco, August 22, 2015 in Toulouse. – AFP

N. Stival and H. Menal

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Can you play football with an electronic bracelet? Question not so preposterous as it arises now for Tongo Doumbia midfielder TFC.

On Wednesday, the Toulouse Criminal Court sentenced the player to six months in prison, suspended for three driving without a license. The Malian international was arrested Tuesday avenue de Lyon, near the Railway Station, in the center of the Pink City, driving a big German engine. But Tongo Doumbia, 26, was not at his first attempt. The court therefore dismissed the five-month suspended sentence previously imposed for the same reasons

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balance sheet, the player was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in prison in total. However, it was not imprisoned at the hearing and should serve his sentence wearing an electronic bracelet. He will also meet 10,000 euro fine. His vehicle was confiscated.

Wednesday late afternoon, TFC did not react on this case. Came the English club Wolverhampton in the summer of 2014, Tongo Doumbia is an undisputed holder within the team coached by Dominique Arribagé. He played in full the first three days of Ligue 1 and scored a goal on Saturday against Monaco (1-1).