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Low handed one-match ban

18 Jun 2008 - 14:41:53

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Germany coach Joachim Low will watch Thursday's quarter-final against Portugal from the stands after being hit with a one-match touchline ban.

Low became embroiled in a heated argument with his opposite number Josef Hickersberger during Monday's vital 1-0 Group B victory over Austria in Vienna and was sent from the technical area.

Afterwards, Low claimed he didn't know why he had been banished and was hoping to be let off with a warning.

He said: "I told the referee's assistant we wanted quietly to get on with our coaching work in our zone and that's why we were both sent to the stand."

However, he will not be in the dugout for the last-eight meeting with Portugal in Basel and will have to relay his instructions via assistant Hans-Dieter Flick.