According to a report of the publicly governed Catalan TV3 channel, the complaint lodged by FC Barcelona against German match official Wolfgang Stark for being unaware of the Laws of the Game has been accepted and confirmed by UEFA. Europe's football governing body has controverted every form of a punishment issued against the German though.
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The report said that the UEFA referee committee headed by Italian Pierluigi Collina had allegedly reproached Stark for a total number of three infringements of the Laws of the Game. In compliance with the report, UEFA hence considered his dealing with two injured Barcelona players as irregular. Stark did not stop play immediately when two Barcelona defenders collided in their own penalty area. Furthermore, he asked both of them to leave the field of play and allowed them to reenter it from the goalline. All these three procedures are infringements of Law 5, as UEFA allegedly testified.
Therefore, the Catalan TV channel concluded, Wolfgang Stark had been suspended and would not be appointed for any further game in this UEFA season 2012/13.
Following the report, he had been the major favourite to take charge of 2013 UEFA Champions League final to be held in London's Wembley Stadium.
This report was rejected by a UEFA spokesman in the early evening.
This report was rejected by a UEFA spokesman in the early evening.
source: Welt Online
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