And Today in Suspensions …

A couple of disciplinary hearings were held yesterday, both of which affected Italian football. First, Palermo’s Francesco Guidolin had his three-game suspension (for that pitch-side meltdown he experienced after Evil Gypsy Adriano Mutu’s goal for Fiorentina) reduced to a single game by the league, so he’ll be back on the sideline when the international break is over. Needless to say, Guidolin feels justice was done and whatnot. As far as the league is concerned, I think it’s less a case of them deciding the punishment was too severe and more one of the spotlight fading from the incident, and the necessity for the appearance of zero tolerance disappearing along with it. Basically, in the absence of sustained outcry, the league really doesn’t care how Guidolin behaved.

Away from Italy, meanwhile, crazy, pee-free Oliver Kahn was fined $16,490 and suspended one match by UEFA for taking his frustrations about his shy bladder out on the poor functionary who was trying to correctly administer a post-game doping test. (I have so many questions about this. He couldn’t pee for two hours? Really? But … he’s a KEEPER. How could he possibly have been dehydrated after standing around for 90 minutes? Was he on some sort of liquid-free diet? Was he refusing water on principle, because he wanted to prove he could pee through sheer will alone? I mean, I don’t know about you, but I will pee within 10 minutes of drinking a big class of water. The whole thing is just odd.) Kahn has three days to appeal; if the suspension isn’t lifted, he’ll miss Bayern’s first game against Milan. Because he couldn’t pee.

Category: AC Milan, Champions League, Rumors & News, Serie A

Tags: AC Milan, Champions League, Guidolin, Oliver Kahn, Rumors -amp; News, Serie A, suspension, UEFA

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