11.05.2009 18:29
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UEFA’s Disciplinary Committee has turned down Barcelona’s appeals against the red card given to Abidal and the yellow shown to Alves at Stamford Bridge. Both will miss the Rome final.
Josep Guardiola will not be able to call up either Éric Abidal or Dani Alves for the Champions
League final which pits Barça against Manchester United in Rome on 27 May.
One match ban
UEFA’s Disciplinary Committee has rejected the club’s
appeals about the cards given to the players in the return leg of the semi-final clash with
Chelsea. That means both players have a one-match ban and will miss the final.
The UEFA Committee pointed out that the appeals were lodged outside the 24 hour deadline
after the end of the game, though even if they had been admitted they would probably have been
turned down as lacking reasonable grounds.
The cards
Abidal got his marching orders in the 66th minute of the game after a foul on Anelka. Dani
Alves picked up a yellow in the 30th minute for repeated fouls, and thus racked up enough to get
him suspended.