UEFA bans Barcelona's Busquets 2 Champions League matches

Barcelona's Sergio Busquets gets two-game Uefa ban for Benfica tackle

• Busquets sent off for foul on Benfica captain Maxi Pereira

• Barcelona midfielder set to miss Celtic double-header

Barcelona's Sergio Busquets is sent off during their Champions League game against Benfica, leading to a two-game ban.

Uefa has banned the Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets for two Champions League matches after he was sent off for violent conduct during the 2-0 victory at Benfica last week.

Busquets will miss the home match against Celtic on 23 October and the return in Scotland on 7 November.

Uefa said he can appeal against the disciplinary panel ruling within three days.

Busquets was shown a straight red card by the referee Cuneyt Cakir for an aggressive 88th-minute challenge on Benfica's captain, Maxi Pereira.

Source: theguardian

Sergio Ramos' red card

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos hits out at Barcelona's Sergio Busquets and reveals club will appeal his second yellow card in Wednesday's Clasico

The Spain defender has been left enraged by his red card during the closing stages of the game at Camp Nou, believing that his international colleague was guilty of play-acting

Sergio Ramos has accused Sergio Busquets of feigning injury to get him sent off in Wednesday night's Clasico against Barcelona and revealed that Real Madrid intend to appeal against his second yellow card.

The Spain defender was sent off in the closing stages of the Copa del Rey clash at Camp Nou for elbowing his international colleague in the face as the pair jumped for the ball.

However, Sergio Ramos, who refused to speak to reporters about his red card immediately after the game, insists that he did nothing wrong and believes that Busquets was guilty of play-acting.

"I am happy that the club are appealing my second yellow card because even though some don't stop rolling around [on the turf], I didn't touch him [Busquets]," the versatile defender wrote on Twitter.

Meanwhile, in a show of support for coach Jose Mourinho, with whom he is alleged to have had a training-ground dispute last week, Sergio Ramos also went online to wish the Portuguese a happy birthday.

"I would like to congratulate our coach Mourinho on his 49th birthday. Congratulations Boss!! Delighted to have you here," he wrote.

Madrid will be hoping to quickly put their Copa del Rey elimination behind them when they tackle Zaragoza at the Santiago Bernabeu this weekend.

Source: goal.com