(Reuters) - Uruguay's Nacional, three times South American champions, will be missing five banned players when they meet Oriente Petrolero in the first leg of their Libertadores Cup qualifying tie in Bolivia on Tuesday.
A two-month ban on the five Nacional players for their part in a brawl during a mid-season friendly against arch-rivals Penarol last week was handed down by a civil court and Nacional had hoped it would be invalid playing outside the country.
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