Zlatan Ibrahimovic Red Card Upheld by UEFA: Latest Details and Comments

UEFA has upheld the red card administered to Zlatan Ibrahimovic during Paris Saint-Germain’s March 11 clash with Chelsea in the Champions League. He will serve a one-match ban as a result.

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Zlatan Banned One Match For Red Card

Thursday, March 19

Jonathan Johnson of Bleacher Report reported that Ibrahimovic will serve a one-match ban for his red card.

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Ibrahimovic Red Card Upheld by UEFA

Thursday, March 12

Johnson reported that UEFA has upheld Ibrahimovic's red card, and he will miss at least one game as a result.

The effervescent Swede saw red for the Parisians after a tackle on Oscar in the first half, but the decision made by Bjorn Kuipers has been highly criticised.

PSG went on to win the tie in extra time on away goals despite Zlatan’s dismissal, with headers from David Luiz and Thiago Silva helping the French champions through to the quarter-finals of the competition.

While he was unhappy with his own team’s display, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho also claimed that the nature of Ibrahimovic’s tackle didn’t warrant a red card:

As noted by ITV, the 33-year-old felt as though the reaction of the Chelsea players contributed to him getting his marching orders:

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I don't know if I have to get angry or start to laugh. For me when I saw the red card I was like 'the guy doesn't know what he's doing.'

That is not the worst. The worst is when I got the red card all the Chelsea players come around. It felt like I had a lot of babies around me.

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Ibrahimovic has enjoyed a distinguished career, but for all the revered success he has had with teams on the domestic front, he's yet to sample Champions League glory or indeed show his best form in the world’s most illustrious club competition.

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Hopefully, the ban is reduced or indeed overturned, as the tackle certainly wasn’t worthy of a red card. As the tournament rumbles on, this PSG side is going to need a mercurial edge to complement its industrious array of individuals, and there are few players on the continent who can sprinkle stardust on a game quite like Ibrahimovic.