FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Parma v Juventus - Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma, Italy - December 19, 2020 Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
(Reuters) - Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been handed a one-match ban for making a "blasphemous expression" and will miss Saturday's Turin derby at Torino, the Italian Federal Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday.
Buffon was initially given a 5,000 euros ($5,862.00) fine over an incident which took place during a Serie A clash against Parma on Dec. 19 last year.
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