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Atletico appeals three-match Filipe Luis ban

Filipe Luis' three-match ban for being dismissed against Barcelona on Saturday will be contested by Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid has appealed the three-match ban handed to Filipe Luis for the defender's crude challenge on Barcelona forward Lionel Messi at Camp Nou.

The left back was sent off in Atletico's 2-1 defeat to Barca on Saturday after a high, mistimed tackle on the stroke of halftime left Messi on the floor and the home bench enraged.

Barca coach Luis Enrique described the challenge as "shocking" and the Spanish Football Federation's Disciplinary Committee settled on a three-game suspension due to the "gravity of the action.