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Ban on Xavier, Gomes, Bento

UEFA comes down hard on Portugal
ROTTERDAM. Netherlands. July 2: Portugal right back Abel Xavier was banned for nine-months by European football's governing body UEFA here on Sunday for his part in the fracas at the end of his side s 2-1 defeat against France in the Euro 2000 semi-finals, reports AFP.
Striker Nuno Gomes was banned for eight months and midfielder Paulo Bento was banned for six months and the Portuguese federation received a 175.000 Swiss franc fine.
The heavy punishments include all UEFA competitions and Portugal have till midnight on July 5 to appeal.
Austrian referee Gunter Benko penalised Portugal's Abel .Xavier for handling Sylvain Wiltord's shat after consulting assistant referee Igor Sranka of Slovakia at the King Baudouin stadium four minutes before the end of golden goal extra-time on Wednesday.
The decision sparked furious scenes in the Portuguese camp and It took several minutes for order to be restored allowing Zinedine Zidane to score the winner.
Nuno Gomes was shown the red card for his part in the incident and midfield maestro Luis Figo was seen throwing his shirt away in frustration before the spot-kick was taken. Other players appeared to Jostle the official. *
Benko and Sranka suffered bruising and scratching, according to UEFA's statement.
The fourth official, who also Intervened trying to protect his colleagues, was harrassed. pushed In the back and pulled by his clothing, the statement added. A Portuguese player also spat al Sranka.
Nuno Gomes gave the referee a violent push in the chest and Abel Xavier grabbed him by the arm. It was then that Benko gave Gomes t he red card and Abel Xavier grabbed him by the arm. Bento tried to take the red card from the referee.
Gomes then took his shirt off and threw it in the direction of Sranka.
UEFA on Thursday confirmed Benko had been correct to award the penalty which brought about the chaotic scenes. "It was an obvious handball.'' UEFA had said in Thursday's statement.
Ironically it had been Xavier who had almost won the match for Portugal with a superb header pushed away by keeper Fabien Barthez in pernaps the save of the tournament seconds before the end of full time.
Nuno Gomes scored the goal against France with a left footed curler which left Barthez stranded in the 19th minute before Thierry Henry equalized for France shortly after the break. He scored four goals in all at Euro 2000
Bento is not a first-choice player for Portugal who have one of the best midfields in the world.