Madrid, Oct. 22 -- FC Barcelona coach Hansi Flick will almost certainly have to watch Sunday's 'Clasico' against Real Madrid from the stands after being given a one-game touchline ban by the Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Wednesday for his sending off in last weekend's 2-1 win at home to Girona.
Flick was sent off after being shown two yellow cards for protesting decisions by matchday referee Gil Manzano, who nevertheless failed to include the obscene fist-pumping gesture the German made while standing in an area he should have been excluded from after being sent off.
Barcelona appealed against the sending off, arguing that Manzano's post-game report didn't match what actually happened during the game,...