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Barcelona to appeal Koeman’s two-match touchline ban

Barcelona confirmed on Friday they plan to appeal coach Ronald Koeman’s two-match touchline ban.

Koeman has been sanctioned after being sent off in the second half of Thursday’s 2-1 defeat to Granada. The referee’s report stated he was handed his marching orders for saying, “What a character.”

The Barca boss is now due to be banned from the bench for key games against Valencia on Sunday and Atletico Madrid on May 8 unless the appeal proves successful.

Koeman made it clear after the match he was not happy with the decision and felt he had done nothing wrong.