ZURICH, Switzerland — FIFA has banned Manchester United’s Nemanja Vidic for one Champions League match after he was sent off in the Club World Cup final.
The Serbian defender will miss the first leg of United’s round-of-16 clash with Inter Milan.
The champions of England and Italy meet at Inter’s San Siro stadium on Feb. 24, with the return at Old Trafford on March 11.
World governing body FIFA enforced the punishment Friday because it organized the Club World Cup in Tokyo last month.
The ban takes effect in UEFA’s Champions League because reigning champion United was representing the European federation at the tournament.
Vidic, who cannot appeal the ban, was red-carded for elbowing Claudio Bieler, a striker with Ecuador’s Liga de Quito. United won the match 1-0.