Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery has lost his appeal against a three-match ban and will miss the Champions League final against Inter Milan later this month.
The France international's appeal was thrown out at a hearing in Nyon this afternoon.
Ribery received a straight red card for a stamp on Lisandro Lopez during the first leg of Bayern's semi-final tie against Lyon last month, which the German side won 4-0 on aggregate.
The 27-year-old was handed an automatic one-match ban for the dismissal and had hoped UEFA's punishment would stop at that.
But European football's governing body extended the suspension at a meeting of the organisation's control and disciplinary panel on April 28, and today upheld that decision despite representations made by a Bayern delegation that included Ribery and club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
Rummenigge indicated to assembled media in Nyon that the club would appeal the ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a bid to have Ribery eligible for the final at Madrid's Bernabeu on May 22.
Ribery also stands to miss the first European game of next season if his appeal to CAS fails.
