Barcelona have failed in their appeal against the two-match ban handed out to Dani Alves for his red card in the win over Atletico Madrid.
The Appeals Committee have now met to discuss the appeal and have decided to uphold the original decision which means the Brazilian will miss Barca’s next two La Liga games.
Xavi will have to cope without Alves this weekend against Espanyol and also for the trip to Valencia on Sunday, February 20.
Of course Alves will also miss the two Napoli games in the Europa League so he won’t be able to play again until February 27 when Athletic visit the Camp Nou in La Liga.