Paris St Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic's four-match Ligue 1 ban for
insulting match officials has been reduced by one game, the French
League (LFP) announced on Friday.
The Swedish international launched an expletive-laden rant after PSG lost 3-2 at Girondins Bordeaux on March 15.
He also said France was a "shit country" but those comments fell outside the LFP's jurisdiction.
Friday's LFP decision, in response to an appeal by France's Olympic
Committee (CNOSF), means Ibrahimovic can return to Ligue 1 action at
Nantes on May 2.
PSG issued a statement on their website (www.psg.fr) saying the club and
Ibrahimovic accepted the CNOSF's "conciliatory proposition" to reduce
the ban to three matches.
"The capital club takes this opportunity to invite the other actors of
French football: club presidents and players, to focus on the end of the
season rather than meddle in the matters of Paris Saint-Germain," added
the statement.
PSG, who visit Nice on Saturday, are second in the Ligue 1 standings
with 62 points from 31 games, two points behind leaders Olympique
Lyonnais who have played a game more.
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