Ribery ruled out of Madrid final

Ribery was sent off for a bad tackle on Lyon striker Lisandro Lopez in the 37th minute of Bayern's semi-final first leg against Olympique Lyon last week.

The red card meant he was automatically suspended for the second leg in France, which Bayern won 3-0 to reach the final with ease, and UEFA decided to add two further games to that punishment on Wednesday.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.