Marcelo Vieira, Real Madrid’s left-back, has been charged for driving without points on his license, according to the newspaper The world and confirmed EL PAÍS. The player was surprised on December 19 by a radar on the M-12 motorway, near the sports city of Valdebebas, when he was traveling at 134 kilometers per hour.
The player has given a statement this Monday as a defendant before the head of the Investigating Court number 3 of Alcobendas for the alleged commission of a crime against road safety (driving without points on the license and speeding). Judicial sources have specified that the footballer will be summoned for an appearance in “coming dates of the month of March”, so that the court decides whether the case follows the ordinary process or the current preliminary proceedings are transformed into a quick trial.
According to the information known from the appearance on Monday, Marcelo claimed that he was unaware that he had run out of points. The Alcobendas court has summoned the footballer, which is not the first time that he falls for this infraction. In 2013 he was also fined 6,000 euros for driving with depleted points.
Marcelo, 31, is completing his 14th season in white. Although he has played 17 games, his role in Zidane’s team has decreased compared to previous years. The arrival of the Frenchman Ferland Mendy represents great competition for the Brazilian winger, second captain of the squad after Sergio Ramos and one of the icons of Madrid’s last great triumphant cycle.