Three-month ban for Scolari</p> PARIS (AFP) - Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's appeal against a four-match ban has been partially reduced to three months by European football governing body UEFA on Thursday. The Brazilian had been banned for four matches by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body for lashing out at Serbian player Ivica Dragutinovic with his fist after a hot-tempered Euro 2008 qualifer in Lisbon on September 12. One month is suspended which means that Scolari will actually serve a two-month ban, and will be suspended for a further month if he commits an offence within a two-year period. The 20,000 Swiss francs (12,022 euro) fine originally imposed on Scolari will stand. Scolari will be banned from Euro qualifiers in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in October, and at home against Armenia in November. But he can assist at Portugal's match against Finland on November 11.</p> <div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t84AOGiw-j0&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t84AOGiw-j0&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div></p> Thats the incident he had with Dragutinovic. (serbian and sevilla player)</p> I think he deserved it, you can't punch a player, and its worse if you're a coach.</p> Wonder if they'll fire him now.</p>
I don't think they'll fire him, he's a great leader. That outlandish reaction to having his hand slapped though is uncalled for.</p>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">He could be though to make way for possibly Mourinio (spelt his name wrong)</font></p>
Mourinho lol. Don't worry. </p> Thats what I'm thinking too. Just to make way for him, they might fire Scolari.</p>
