2012 Euro Championship: Wayne Rooney ruled out for 3 Matches

Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 12:32 pm , filed under UEFA Euro by Craig Farrell

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"Wayne Rooney" Wayne Rooney will be ruled out of the entire group stage of the Euro 2012 qualifying after receiving a three-game ban on Friday for kicking a player during England’s final qualifier in Podgorica, Montenegro.

European super-star has been ruled out for his actions against Montenegro defender Miodrag Dzudovic during a 2012 Euro qualifying game. UEFA’s rules book calls for three-game bans in cases judged to be attack, rather than the obligatory one-match ban for a red card.

Rooney can appear in his own defense at an appeal hearing, but, he did not attend the hearing. England’s Football Association told it would study the penalizing committee’s decision before deciding whether to appeal. The anticipated appeal is to be heard before England finds out its Euro 2012 opponents on 2nd December, when the draw is made in Kiev. Ukraine is co-hosting next season’s tournament with Poland.

Rooney and England’s FA wrote letters of alleviation to the 10-man UEFA panel, which also considered the report by German referee Wolfgang Stark. The German referee had praised Rooney for showing no dispute after his dismissal, and England hoped UEFA would see the fault as resulting from frustration rather than hatred.

Russia’s Andrey Arshavin has also been sent-off for violent conduct in the 84th minute of a decisive qualifier against Andorra in November 2007. Russia won with 1-0 score to advance ahead of England. Arshavin only copped Russia’s first two match suspension before leading the side to the semi-finals.

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