Appeals Body announces Madrid decisions
Monday, December 6, 2010
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UEFA's Appeals Body has ruled on the appeals case relating to Real Madrid CF's Group G match at AFC Ajax and the disciplinary decisions that followed the game in Amsterdam.
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The UEFA Appeals Body has announced its decisions in the appeals case relating to the UEFA Champions League Group G game between AFC Ajax and Real Madrid CF in Amsterdam on Tuesday 23 November.
The Appeals Body has decided as follows:
• Real Madrid CF are now fined €100,000 instead of €120,000.
• Coach José Mourinho is now fined €30,000 instead of €40,000.
• José Mourinho is now suspended for one match – Wednesday's Group G fixture between Madrid and AJ Auxerre – instead of the initial suspension of one game with a second game deferred for a probationary period of three years.
• The fines handed down by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body to the Madrid players Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos (€20,000 each), Iker Casillas (€10,000) and Jerzy Dudek (€5,000) remain the same. The one-match suspensions issued to Alonso and Ramos also stand.
