Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar taking part in a training session in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris on Tuesday — AFP LAUSANNE, Sept 17 (AFP): Neymar's Champions League ban for insulting match officials on social media has been reduced from three games to two following an appeal, the CAS ruled Tuesday.
The world's most expensive player following his move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for 222 million euros in 2017 will miss the fixtures against Real Madrid on Wednesday and Galatasaray in two weeks' time due to the original ban from UEFA.
However, he will now be free to face Belgian side Bruges on October 22.
"The Sole Arbitrator partially upheld the appeal and reduced the suspension imposed by UEFA on Neymar Jr. to two (2) UEFA competition matches for which he would otherwise be eligible," CAS said in a statement.
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