Referee Sandro Ricci shows a second yellow card to Uruguay's Edinson Cavani as Chile's Gonzalo Jara (18) looks on during their quarter-finals Copa America 2015 soccer match at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile, June 24, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile defender Gonzalo Jara's ban for provoking Edinson Cavani has been cut from three games to two, the governing body of South American football said on Monday.
"After hearing the appeal CONMEBOL decided to reduce the sanction ... to two games," the organisation explained in a statement.
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