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Manchester City's Bernardo Silva has been banned for one match and fined £50,000 after an FA commission accepted he "did not intend" a tweet about team-mate Benjamin Mendy to be "racist".Silva compared Mendy to the character on a packet of Conguitos - a chocolate brand available in Spain and Portugal.Silva deleted the post 46 minutes after he published it before tweeting: "Can't even joke with a friend these days."The FA report said: "Many persons would have taken offence to the content."It added: "The player did not himself intend the post to be insulting or in any way racist. It is clear that the tweet was intended to be no more than a joke between close friends."However, this was not a private communication between two friends."The post was on a social media platform exposed to the 600,000 followers of a high-profile and well-respected professional footballer."Many persons viewing the imagery depicted in the tweet would have taken offence to the content as being insulting by reference to race, colour and ethnic origin in a way that unquestionably brings the game of football into disrepute."The Portugal forward, 25, must also complete a face-to-face education for his Tweet on 22 September, after admitting a breach of FA Rule E3.There was no hearing after Silva admitted the initial charge on 2 October, acknowledging some people may be offended by the "historical connotations of the Conguitos character".The FA commission also say they received a letter written by Mendy in support of his team-mate.Silva will be ineligible for City's Premier League home match against Chelsea on Saturday, 23 November (17:30 GMT).

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