UEFA To Discuss Fletcher Red Card

We’ll find out Monday whether the appeal against Fletcher’s red card in Tuesday’s Semi-Final is successful after UEFA agreed to discuss the decision at a disciplinary meeting. Here’s the UEFA statement:

“UEFA has received a submission from Manchester United FC concerning the red card shown to the club’s player Darren Fletcher in the UEFA Champions League Semi-Final Second Leg against Arsenal FC in London on Tuesday. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body will meet on Monday to deal with this case.”

It’s still not looking great to be honest. After having some time to digest the decision, it’s hard to blame the ref. He made an honest decision from how he saw it. It wasn’t clear-cut like Pique’s hand ball against Chelsea, it was a tough decision and he made it best that he could from his position. That doesn’t make it a good decision, but it’s hard to be too angry.

While I still don’t expect this decision to overturned, if only for the rules, it appears to be a step in the right direction from UEFA, because at least they’re entertaining he idea of an appael. Hopefully this incident will make them realise that there should be an appeals process for all dubious red cards, and that it should be implemented as soon as possible.

Fergie has spoken about it, simply saying that he doesn’t expect a positive decision. Interesting to note how calm he’s been about the whole, something I think has to do with his current personal strife. Maybe it’s put things into perspective for him.

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