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 Zlatan Ibrahimovic's red card in Paris Saint-Germain's
elimination of Chelsea in the Champions League will not be
overturned, according to a media report quoting an UEFA official.
European football's organizing body will meet next Thursday to
discuss whether or not to extend an automatic one-match suspension
for the dismissal.
PSG coach Laurent Blanc and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said they
hoped the red card would be overturned.
UEFA's disciplinary committee reviews all red cards to consider
extending an automatic one-match ban.
But a UEFA official was quoted by Sky Sports News Thursday as saying
there was "no chance" of the red card being overturned.
Red cards are usually only overturned in cases of mistaken identity.
Ibrahimovic was sent off for a late challenge on Oscar after 31
minutes when Wednesday's last-16 second-leg game was scoreless. PSG
advanced on the away-goals rule after the match finished 2-2 after
extra-time and 3-3 on aggregate.
Ibrahimovic meanwhile accused Chelsea players of acting like "babies"
for surrounding the referee following the challenge.
When I got the red card all the Chelsea players come around," he
said.
"It felt like I had a lot of babies around me."
He added: "I don't know if I have to get angry or start to laugh. For
me when I saw the red card I was like 'the guy doesn't know what he's
doing'."
Blanc said in post-match comments the club would be discussing the
possibility of an appeal.
"There will be a committee who will convene to talk about the
decision and I hope he will be in our party for the quarter-final,"
he said.
Mourinho suggested UEFA should instead ban PSG's former Chelsea
defender David Luiz for allegedly elbowing Diego Costa off the ball
in the first half.
"Maybe they can do what is fair by the disciplinary point of view and
suspend David and take the red card from Ibra (Ibrahimovic) and let
Ibra play the quarter-finals," he said.