Van Bommel to miss Champions League games against Milan

MUNICH, Mar 13 (Reuters) Bayern Munich midfielder Mark van Bommel will miss both legs of the Champions League quarter-final against AC Milan after UEFA handed him a two-match ban following his sending off in the last round.

Van Bommel was dismissed after receiving a second yellow card towards the end of Bayern's 2-1 win at the Allianz Arena last week.

That would normally only bring a one-match ban but UEFA said in a statement on its Web site (www.uefa.com) it was doubling the punishment by enforcing a deferred sanction for the offensive gestures he made to the crowd in the first leg.

The Dutchman was originally only fined for those gestures after his goal at the end of the first leg in Madrid, while given a one-match ban that was suspended for 12 months.

The first leg of the quarter-final will be in Milan on April 3, with the return in Munich on April 11.

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