Mark van Bommel will be able to play in the second leg of Bayern Munich’s Champions League quarter-final against Milan after his appeal to have a two-match ban reduced, was successful.
Van Bommel was dismissed after receiving a second yellow card towards the end of Bayern’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena on March 7.
That would normally only bring a one-match ban but UEFA doubled the punishment because of offensive gestures he made to the crowd in the first leg.
The first leg of the quarter-final will be in Milan on April 3, with the return in Munich on April 11.
