Ponté punished for second time
Monday, 7 March 2005
Bayer 04 Leverkusen winger Robson Ponté will miss his side's first knockout
round return leg against Liverpool FC after his second suspension of this
season's UEFA Champions League.

Five cards
The 28-year-old has already sat out the 1-1 group stage draw at Real Madrid
CF on 23 November after picking up a yellow card in each of the previous
three matches. He then collected another two cautions - on Matchday 6 and in
the 3-1 defeat by Liverpool last week - to leave him as a spectator for next
Wednesday's game at the BayArena.

Inter duo
Five other players will also be kicking their heels. Chelsea FC striker
Didier Drogba was shown two yellow cards in his team's 2-1 loss at FC
Barcelona while FC Internazionale Milano's Iván Cordoba and Giuseppe
Favalli, who have accumulated a trio of yellow cards, will both be
unavailable when FC Porto arrive in Italy after their 1-1 first-leg draw.

Also banned
The other two players affected are Ponté's team-mate Paul Freier and
Juventus FC's Manuele Blasi, with both having had their names taken three
times by referees in this season's competition.

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