MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets has been cleared to play in the Champions League final after UEFA dismissed Real Madrid's claim he racially in
sulted fullback Marcelo in their heated semi-final first leg.
UEFA said there was a "lack of strong and convincing evidence" against Busquets.
"The chairman of the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body, acting as a judge sitting alone, has today decided to dismiss the complaint lodged by Real Madrid for racial abuse against its player Marcelo by Barcelona player Sergio Busquets in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg between the clubs in Madrid on 27 April, due to a lack of strong and convincing evidence," UEFA said in a statement on Monday.
Barcelona, who sealed a third straight La Liga title last week, face English Premier League champions Manchester United in the final of Europe's elite club competition at London's Wembley stadium on May 28.
Spain international Busquets could have faced a five-match ban if UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body had found him guilty of abusing Marcelo at the Bernabeu.
Barcelona argued in their player's defence that Busquets had not called Marcelo a monkey, or in Spanish "mono".
What television images of him addressing the Brazilian showed was him saying Marcelo had a lot of nerve, or "mucho morro", the club said.
sulted fullback Marcelo in their heated semi-final first leg.
UEFA said there was a "lack of strong and convincing evidence" against Busquets.
"The chairman of the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body, acting as a judge sitting alone, has today decided to dismiss the complaint lodged by Real Madrid for racial abuse against its player Marcelo by Barcelona player Sergio Busquets in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg between the clubs in Madrid on 27 April, due to a lack of strong and convincing evidence," UEFA said in a statement on Monday.
Barcelona, who sealed a third straight La Liga title last week, face English Premier League champions Manchester United in the final of Europe's elite club competition at London's Wembley stadium on May 28.
Spain international Busquets could have faced a five-match ban if UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body had found him guilty of abusing Marcelo at the Bernabeu.
Barcelona argued in their player's defence that Busquets had not called Marcelo a monkey, or in Spanish "mono".
What television images of him addressing the Brazilian showed was him saying Marcelo had a lot of nerve, or "mucho morro", the club said.
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