UEFA President Michel Platini attends a news conference after the first UEFA Executive Committee reunion of the year, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon January 25, 2013. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
NICE, France (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini has repeated his call for the "triple punishment" of red card, penalty and suspension to be dropped following two controversial dismissals in the Champions League this week.
The triple punishment follows when the referee dismisses a player for an offence in the penalty area which he judges has denied an attacker an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
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