Dutch midfielder Mark Van Bommel has been ruled out of Bayern Munich's Champions League quarter-final tie against Milan after UEFA ruled to suspend him for two games. Van Bommel was banned for one match after his dismissal for a second yellow card in last week's first knockout round second-leg victory against Real Madrid. But UEFA's disciplinary body has decided to compound the 29-year-old's punishment by adding the suspended one-game ban that Van Bommel was handed for his offensive gestures to Real Madrid fans in the first leg. “Under UEFA's disciplinary regulations (Article 15bis, para 3), if a further offence is committed during a probationary period, UEFA's disciplinary body may order the original sanction to be executed, in addition to disciplinary sanctions for the second offence,” read a statement on UEFA's website. Bayern Munich are planning to appeal UEFA's decision, which Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge believes to be unreasonable. "We're more than bewildered and angry. We cannot and will not accept this decision," Rummenigge told the club's official site. "Mark van Bommel's alleged offence in the return match against Real Madrid attracted two yellow cards, and not a red card for a sending-off offence. We do not understand why this should constitute breaking the terms of a probationary penalty." The former Germany international seemed confident that the attempt to appeal against the decision could bring a positive result, hoping that the Bavarians could be able to have the key midfielder available for at least one of the games against Milan. "We believe we have a realistic chance of the suspension being rescinded, because the concept of a deferred punishment as such is not written into UEFA's statutes, so the original verdict remains questionable."
