BREAKING: UEFA Lays Down the Post-Brawl Law

By: Martha | March 14th, 2007

UEFA’s disciplinary committee just finished their meeting on the Inter-Valencia brawl, and the following punishments were handed down:

•David Navarro: Seven months
•Nicolas Burdisso: Six matches
•Maicon: Six matches
•Carlos Marchena: Four matches
•Ivan Cordoba: Three matches
•Julio Cruz: Two matches

In addition, both clubs have been fined €155,772 or, if you prefer, CHF250,000. What a CHF is, I have no freaking idea.

Remember, these bans apply only to UEFA events, so while — barring appeal — Valencia will be without Marchena (a starter) and Navarro (a guy who sits at the end of the bench) for their upcoming Champions League matches, Inter will suffer no immediate effect. And, in other good news for Inter fans, UEFA have approached FIFA about extending only Navarro’s ban to the matches over which they hold sway (league and national team fixtures), rather than the whole mass of the brawlers, which is different from the approach that was originally rumored.

So, basically, Inter are good to go (albeit with a slightly smaller bank account) for the rest of the season.

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

Tags: Burdisso, Champions League, David Navarro, FIFA, Inter Milan, Ivan Cordoba, Julio Cruz, Maicon, Marchena, Rumors -amp; News, Serie A, UEFA, Valencia

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• Lisa |  March 14th, 2007 at 6:44 am

  
  
  

  Inter can breathe a sigh of relief. That’s far less harsh than UEFA was originally making noise about.

  I think CHF would be Swiss Francs…CH is the abbreviation for Switzerland. I’m wondering why UEFA works in Swiss Francs-I would think the majority of UEFA members use the Euro?

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• Paolo |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:28 am

  
  
  

  Swiss Bank Accounts are untraceable. They are probably as corrupt as Juventus…. woops! Just kidding……

  Anyhow, I am just pissed that they got all these games yet Navarro’s face is still in tact. And in the name of “Fair Play” Inter & Valencia plyers were forced to be friends in that charity match at Old Trafford.

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• Martha |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:37 am

  
  
  

  Lisa, thanks, I’m sure you’re right. It’s really odd for that to be the preferred currency, since the two clubs in question are in Euro-based countries.

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• Martha |  March 14th, 2007 at 10:38 am

  
  
  

  I saw a picture of that this morning, Paolo — hilarious. Just like UEFA to assume that makes everything ok.

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• Cosntantizzle |  March 14th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

  
  
  

  Swiss bank accounts > Luxembourg bank accounts > all the other banks in the world

  Inter Milan > Serie A > Valencia > David Navarro

  @Poalo: Toldo gave Navarro a taste of his own medicine, punched him a broken nose when he chased him down into the Valencia locker room while everyone else besides 2 other Inter players -also having fun w/ Navarro- were still out on the pitch

  Sattelite TV owns
  FORZA INTER :)

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• Martha |  March 14th, 2007 at 5:57 pm

  
  
  

  Got a source on that Cosntantizzle? The way Toldo tells it, he got into the Valenzia locker room, ran into a huge traffic jam, and realized he wasn’t even sure what Navarro looked like, so there was sadly no punishing. Where’d you hear the juice details?

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