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FIFA on Monday suspended German midfielder Torsten Frings for the World Cup semi-final against Italy on Tuesday.
Updated : Sep 18, 2017, 04:25 PM IST
BERLIN: FIFA on Monday suspended German midfielder Torsten Frings for the World Cup semi-final against Italy on Tuesday.
Frings was barred after the FIFA Disciplinary Committee viewed TV pictures which show him hitting an Argentinian player in the face in an on-pitch fracas following Germany's win in a penalty shootout in the quarter-final.
FIFA said he was definitely suspended for the semi-final but can return for the final on Sunday should Germany qualify.
However any recurrence of bad behaviour in the next six months would see him banned for another match, a FIFA spokesman said.
"Frings is suspended for two matches, but one is a suspended punishment," the spokesman said.