AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic has ban reduced but will still miss Inter derby

Serie A leaders have Swedish striker's suspension for punch on Bari's Marco Rossi cut to two games and player will be back for Fiorentina match

 AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic has officially been ruled out of next weekend's derby against Inter, despite the league leaders winning their appeal to have a three-match ban for violent conduct reduced.

The Court of Federal Justice heard the Rossoneri's appeal against the initial three-game punishment handed to the striker after he struck Bari's Marco Rossi during the side's 1-1 draw at San Siro two weeks ago.

But despite the ban being reduced to two games, Ibrahimovic will still sit out the derby on April 2, with the match billed as a Scudetto decider as Inter lie just two points behind their city rivals in Serie A.

He is expected to return the following week against Fiorentina, having already served the first match of his ban in last week's 1-0 loss to Palermo in Sicily.

 

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