MADRID: Barcelona midfielder Gerard Lopez was omitted from the team shortly before they played a UEFA Cup match as a punishment for using his cell phone in the locker room, news reports said yesterday.
Gerard, a Spanish international, broke club rules by answering a call as he was about to take the field against Puchov in a first-round first-leg match in Slovakia.
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