Porto Coach Jesualdo Ferreira Banned From Team Affairs Against Manchester United
The Portuguese coach will not be allowed any contact with his players tomorrow night...
14 Apr 2009 16:17:56
Porto tactician Jesualdo Ferreira has been banned from taking any role in managing team affairs when his side face Manchester United tomorrow night in Portugal for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie, currently dramatically poised at 2-2.
The ban relates to a gesture made by the coach to the referee during a fixture on February 24, when a Porto goal was disallowed in the European match with Atletico Madrid.
The coach was initially hit with a two match ban, but Porto made an appeal against that initial judgement, and Ferreira was allowed to undertake his duties as normal during the first leg of the tie with United at Old Trafford.
UEFA, having heard the appeal, have reduced the ban to one match, which must now be served against United. Ferreira will be allowed absolutely no contact with his players before or during the match, and will not be allowed to relay instructions from the stands.
Zack Wilson, Goal.com
What you think people just following procedures or some sort of bias for a large club over a small one.
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