UEFA have banned Barcelona’s reserve goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto for the next two Champions League matches over “gross unsporting conduct” during the Spanish side’s 2-0 defeat of Copenhagen.
The 34 year-old “whistled to stop a promising attack from striker Cesar Santin in the UEFA Champions League Group D match” on October 20, the disciplinary committee of European football’s governing body said on Friday.
Pinto was only fielded after first choice goalkeeper Victor Valdes was ruled out with fever.
Barcelona’s next match is a trip to Copenhagen next Tuesday and then away at Panathinaikos on November 24.
The club and player have three days to appeal.
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