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French player fights 91-year ban

Paris - A French indoor international is fighting a 91-year ban imposed by the national football federation FFF for playing with two passes.

Amateur player Ali Bedredine received the sanction for obtaining licences to play for a futsal club under the aegis of FFF and one under the futsal organisation UNCF.

Bedredine's ban was described by France Soir newspaper Tuesday as 'unbelievable but true.'

Other media said the sanction was out of all proportion to the short bans imposed in professional football for bad fouls and far worse offences.

The 31-year-old player said there was in any case nothing in the regulations against playing futsal - a five-a-side indoor game using a smaller ball with less bounce - with two different licences.

'These are two different things. It's as if they want to prevent me from playing tennis and going swimming at the same time,' he said.


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com