Spit ban for Totti? Wednesday 16 June, 2004
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Italy’s Francesco Totti may be suspended by UEFA after he allegedly spat in the face of a Denmark player.
A Danish website had today published stills of the incident which were taken from television footage.
The Roma player appears to spit in the face of Christian Poulsen, an incident which neither the referee or his assistants saw.
Some reports claim that UEFA are now in possession of the video tape and are preparing to review it.
If they decide to take action then Totti could be handed a lengthy ban – one which could see him miss all or most of the Euro 2004 tournament.
UEFA have handed out heavy punishments in the past as Lazio defender Sinisa Mihajlovic is well aware of.
He was given a five-match ban by UEFA after he spat in the face of Adrian Mutu during a Champions’ League clash against Chelsea.
Totti was expected to be the Azzurri’s main man this summer but his tournament hasn’t started well.
He was very disappointing in the 0-0 draw with Denmark, even claiming that his boots and socks were a contributing factor to his display.
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This is crazy.. but im glad in a way, because IF he gets banned for like 5 matches, and italy fail to do well in this tournament, then FINALLY for the first time its not Alex Del Piero's foult... FINALLY!
i hope that he will not get the ban, because i want Azzurri to win this euro2004....!