Bad Drog to escape with two-game UEFA ban and club fine for Inter red

Published: 18 Mar 2010 - 12:35:28

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Bad Drog to escape with two-game UEFA ban and club fine for Inter red

Didier Drogba is set to receive a major let-off from UEFA over his stamp on Inter Milan's Thiago Motta when disciplinary chiefs convene next week. Seeing red: Didier Drogba faces a two-match ban The Chelsea striker added to his hall of shame in the Champions League when he was sent off late on during Tuesday's defeat to former Blues boss Jose Mourinho's side. Although Drogba can expect a club fine for his latest indiscipline, under UEFA rules he looks likely to escape with just a two-match ban, with the punishment held until next season. However, the Ivorian carries a two-game suspended ban over his aggressive towards Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo when his post-match behaviour following Chelsea's semi-final exit against Barcelona landed a three match suspension. But it is understood that the suspended sanction does not relate to incidents such as violent conduct, for which he was dismissed against Inter, rather specifically to his interaction with officials. VIDEO: DROGBA SPEAKS OUT OVER RED CARD...Nevetheless Drogba, 32, will face a rap from Chelsea in the coming days, with Russian owner Roman Abramovich determined to clean up the club's image in light of several negative incidents both on and off the pitch this season. .gac_m {BORDER-RIGHT: #666 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #666 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 17px; Z-INDEX: 99; BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #666 1px solid; CURSOR: default; LINE-HEIGHT: 117%; BORDER-BOTTOM: #666 1px solid; POSITION: absolute}.gac_m TD {LINE-HEIGHT: 22px}.gac_n {PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 1px}.gac_b TD.gac_c {BACKGROUND: #d5e2ff}.gac_b {BACKGROUND: #d5e2ff}.gac_a TD.gac_f {BACKGROUND: #fff8dd}.gac_p {PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; PADDING-TOP: 1px}.gac_u {PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; LINE-HEIGHT: 117%; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left}.gac_t {FONT-SIZE: 17px; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left}.gac_bt {PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 7px; WIDTH: 369px; PADDING-TOP: 8px; TEXT-ALIGN: center}.gac_sb {FONT-SIZE: 15px; MARGIN: 0.2em; HEIGHT: 28px}.gac_z {COLOR: #c00; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap}.gac_s {FONT-SIZE: 1px; HEIGHT: 3px; row-height: 1px}.gac_c {PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; OVERFLOW: hidden; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; TEXT-ALIGN: left}.gac_e {PADDING-RIGHT: 3px; PADDING-LEFT: 3px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right}.gac_d {FONT-SIZE: 11px}.fl {COLOR: #77c}A.fl:link {COLOR: #77c}A.fl:visited {COLOR: #77c}.gac_h {COLOR: green}.gac_j {DISPLAY: block}.gac_l {LINE-HEIGHT: 18px}.gac_x {DISPLAY: block; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px}.gac_y {FONT-SIZE: 13px}.gac_i {COLOR: #666}.gac_w IMG {WIDTH: 40px; HEIGHT: 40px}.gac_w {WIDTH: 1px}.gac_r {COLOR: red}.gac_v {PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px} Roman's rage: Abramovich turns on Chelsea stars as Carlo told to win titleChelsea in a mess: Players have been divided by scandal and controversyDrogba blasts red card as Chelsea striker curses Champions League exit CHELSEA FC