Soccer: Lazio's Medved handed three-match ban
Lazio midfielder Pavel Nedved has been banned for three European club competition matches by UEFA following a knee-high foul on Leeds defender Alan Maybury in last week’s Champions League clash.
The foul, which was not spotted by the referee, came in the dying stages of the game at Elland Road which ended 3-3. But UEFA’s control and disciplinary body handed out the ban to the Czech after studying video evidence.
Leeds complained about the tackle, which was almost immediately followed by a lesser foul by a United player.
Sinisa Mihajlovic netted Lazio’s equaliser from the subsequent free-kick but the English club protested the foul on Maybury, who finished the night on crutches, should have been awarded first.
UEFA have also issued a one-match ban to Roma’s Gianni Guigou following his side’s UEFA Cup match against Liverpool, with the Serie A leaders fined £4,800 for improper conduct in the same fourth round second-leg game on February 22.
It was a contest which ended in controversy, with Roma’s players surrounding Spanish match referee Jose Maria Garcia-Aranda to complain about an alleged handball by Liverpool defender Markus Babbel.
