Video: Geoffroy Serey Die handed eight match suspension for hitting ball boy The Swiss Football League says its disciplinary commission acted after studying television pictures of the incident at a full hearing. Sion and Serey Die can appeal within five days. Serey Die struck the young boy after Sion lost 1-0 at Lausanne-Sport on May 2. Swiss media reported that the Ivorian player believed the ball had been returned to play too slowly. Sion's defeat helped ensure it must play a relegation playoff against a second-tier team. Sion was deducted 36 league points after lengthy legal challenges to Fifa, Uefa and Swiss football authorities.