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| Sion lose appeal against Europa ban Posted: 13 Sep 2011 07:28 AM PDT  File photo of FC Sion's manager Laurent Roussey (L) talking to FC Sion's president Christian Constantin after their Europa League playoff second leg soccer match against Celtic in Sion August 25, 2011. Sion, kicked out of the Europa League for fielding ineligible players in their playoff win over Celtic, have won a Swiss court order re-admitting them to the tournament the club said on their website September 13, 2011. – Reuters pic "The UEFA appeals committee rejected FC Sion's appeal against their expulsion from the group stages of this season's Europa League," said Celtic, the club who took their place in Group I. "Celtic will (now) take on Atletico Madrid, Udinese and Stade Rennes," the Scottish club added on their website (http://www.celticfc.net). Atletico host Celtic on Thursday. Earlier in the day Sion, who beat Celtic 3-1 on aggregate in a playoff tie last month, said they had won a Swiss court order re-admitting them to the tournament. However, the statutes of UEFA and world soccer's governing body FIFA ban clubs and national federations from taking football matters to civil courts. "The court ordered UEFA to admit Sion as a participant in the Europa League and to take every measure to integrate them into Group I," the club said on their website (http://www.fcsion-live.ch). Sion added the court ordered that six players they signed this summer must be considered by UEFA as eligible, despite FIFA saying the club were subject to a transfer ban at the time. "The regional tribunal in the canton of Vaud also ordered UEFA to consider Stefan Glarner, Billy Ketkeophomphone, Mario Mutsch, Pascal Feindouno, Jose Goncalves and Gabri to be recognised as Sion players and to admit them to the Europa League," said the Swiss club. "This order is to be executed immediately." European football's ruling body UEFA said it would make a statement later. "UEFA also received today a court decision from the Tribunal Cantonal de Vaud and will issue a statement in this respect at a later stage," it said. The FIFA ban was imposed after Sion were found guilty of inducing an Egyptian player to join them while he was still under contract to another club. Swiss Cup winners Sion were initially banned from fielding the players in the Swiss League which then reversed the decision after the players took their case to a civil court. – Reuters |
| Mourinho ban may put wind in Dinamo sails: Coach Posted: 13 Sep 2011 04:53 AM PDT
"Mourinho's absence could make a difference because he has a huge influence on the team and takes an active part in the game with his game plan and instructions," Kruno Jurcic told a news conference on the eve of the Group D tie. "He is a leader and leaders are hard to replace so his exclusion might put some wind into our sails. This is the kind of game every coach lives for." Mourinho (picture) is serving a three-match touchline ban for misconduct in the first leg of last season's semi-final clash with Barcelona who beat Real 3-1 on aggregate before going on to lift the trophy. Dinamo are back in the competition for the first time since 1999-2000 and Jurcic is confident they can upset the nine-times European champions in front of a passionate home crowd at Maksimir stadium. "What we have to do is bring Real Madrid down to our level in order to spring a surprise," said the coach. "We can't throw caution to the wind and beat them at their own game. "We have plenty of skilful players who can keep possession and if we can frustrate them with our passing we've got a good chance with our 40,000 fans behind us. "It would be against all my coaching principles to think about anything other than victory and my players will be thinking how to outfox Real Madrid rather than what rival to swap jerseys with after the final whistle," Jurcic added. Jurcic, who played for Dinamo (then called Croatia Zagreb) when they featured in the group stages in 1999-2000, said Real's La Liga rivals Getafe showed his team the way to play against Mourinho's side. "Getafe lost 4-2 (on Saturday) but they had a real go at Real and had it not been for what I think was a controversial penalty they might have come away with something from the Bernabeu," he explained. "I don't need to motivate my players for a game like this, they can't wait for the kickoff and all I can tell them is to go out there and enjoy themselves." – Reuters |
ZAGREB, Sept 13 – Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho's touchline ban could put "wind in the sails" of tomorrow's Champions League opponents Dinamo Zagreb, according to the Croatian team's coach.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Sports To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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