City's Lewis has CWC ban extended by 2 games

Rico Lewis volition miss Manchester City's adjacent 2 games astatine the Club World Cup aft his prohibition was extended pursuing his reddish paper against Wydad AC.

Lewis sat retired the 6-0 triumph implicit Al Ain successful Atlanta connected Sunday aft helium was sent disconnected precocious connected during the 2-0 triumph implicit Wydad successful Philadelphia for a situation connected Samuel Obeng.

Pep Guardiola said afterwards the reddish paper was "unnecessary."

Lewis was handed an archetypal one-match ban, but it has present been extended to 3 matches meaning the 20-year-old volition miss the past radical crippled against Juventus connected Thursday successful Orlando, Florida, and City's last-16 tie.

A connection issued by FIFA read: "The FIFA disciplinary committee has imposed the pursuing authorisation connected Manchester City's Rico Lewis who was sent disconnected arsenic a effect of a nonstop reddish paper during the FIFA Club World Cup lucifer against Wydad AC. Three-match suspension for breach nether nonfiction 14 paragraph 1 e) of the FIFA disciplinary code."

A root has ESPN that City appealed the decision, but that it was unsuccessful.

It leaves Guardiola with a enactment dilemma up of the crippled against Juventus, with City needing a triumph to unafraid apical spot successful their group.

Lewis is the lone earthy right-back successful the squad, though midfielder Matheus Nunes was utilized determination regularly past season.

Abdukodir Khusanov started astatine right-back against Al Ain portion centre-back Manuel Akanji has been utilized to capable in. Natural right-back Kyle Walker is not with the squad successful the U.S. arsenic helium looks to unafraid a determination distant from the Etihad Stadium.

City, according to sources, person not ruled retired signing a right-back this summertime with Juventus antheral Andrea Cambiaso 1 of the names successful the frame.