Chilean defender Gonzalo Jara's three-match suspension for a
lurid off-the-ball incident involving Uruguay's Edinson Cavani has been reduced
to a two-game ban following an appeal.
Jara was banned on Sunday following an incident in last
Wednesday's stormy Copa America quarter-final in which he appeared to shove a
finger in the backside of Cavani moments before the striker was dismissed for
retaliating.
The Chilean Football Federation, which initially said it
would accept the decision, appealed the ban and had it reduced by one game,
South American football body CONMEBOL said in a statement.
"After studying the appeal by the Chilean federation,
CONMEBOL has decided to reduce the suspension of Chilean defender Gonzalo Jara
to two matches," the statement said.
CONMEBOL also reduced a $US7,500 ($A9,500) fine levied
against Jara to $US5,000 ($A6,500).
Despite the reduction it comes too late in the Copa America
as the suspension rules him out of the semi-final against Peru and the final,
should Chile win.
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