Zarate banned following brawl
Reuters - Monday 24 January 2011, 17:12
MILAN - Lazio striker Mauro Zarate was
banned for three Serie A games on Monday for hurling a ball at
an opponent and being involved in a brawl at the end of Sunday's
3-1 loss at Bologna.
The defeat hit fourth-placed Lazio's hopes of the scudetto
and the loss of Zarate, linked in the media with Juventus, will
further complicate their title bid in the coming weeks with
defender Andre Dias also banned for their next game.
Serie A's weekly disciplinary statement made sorry reading
for champions Inter Milan too with Cristian Chivu, Dejan
Stankovic and Ivan Cordoba ruled out of Sunday's game with
Palermo after bookings in last weekend's 3-1 loss at Udinese.