BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman will be absent from the touchline for Saturday's crunch game at home to La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid after the Spanish soccer federation on Wednesday rejected the club's appeal against a touchline ban.
Koeman was sent off in his side's 2-1 home defeat by Granada on April 29 for saying"what a character" to the fourth official after being warned about his conduct.
A statement by the competition committee said Koeman had been suspended for violating article 117 of the disciplinary code, which is described as 'showing an attitude of disrespect towards referees, directors or sporting authorities'.
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