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Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher will miss the Champions League final after Uefa rejected an appeal against his red card in the semi-final.
The 25-year-old was controversially sent off in the second leg of United's 4-1 aggregate win against Arsenal.
Italian referee Roberto Rosetti sent Fletcher off for what he saw as a foul on Cesc Fabregas and awarded a penalty.
Barcelona's Eric Abidal and Dani Alves will also miss the final after Uefa turned down their appeals.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...td/8037362.stm
Regardless of what team you support this is a stupid flaw in UEFA's ruling system.
Player gets red-carded for an obvious referring error that is backed up by video evidence and they can't overturn the suspension as:
"there is no formal procedure at Uefa for overturning refereeing decisions."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...pe/8042238.stm
Even Guardiola supported the appeal.
They need to change the system to protect players that have been carded as a result of refereeing errors. Champions League finals don't come round for players every odd year. To miss out on one on a human error that could easily be rectified but there is no procedure for said rectification is just stupid IMO.