Rummenigge consoles Ribery over Euro final ban
Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge admitted Tuesday that playmaker Franck Ribery had been hit hard by the failed appeal that has ruled him out of the Champions League final.
Bayern face Inter Milan at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Saturday with each side looking to lift the trophy that would secure a treble, both having won their domestic league and cup competitions.
Ribery was handed a three-match ban by European football's governing body UEFA after being red carded for a nasty tackle on Lyon striker Lisandro Lopez during their semi-final first leg in April.
The Frenchman had already served one match of his ban by being sidelined from the second leg in Lyon, but a Bayern appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have the ban reduced was rejected on Monday.
Rummenigge admitted Bayern could suffer from losing such a "player of quality" for the final, their first since 2001 when they beat Spanish club Valencia in a penalty shoot-out.
