Daizen Maeda gets two match Champions League ban for ‘assaulting another player’ | OneFootball

Bad news from UEFA this afternoon ahead of tonight’s Champions League match against Aston Villa as the group stages come to a close…

Daizen Maeda of Celtic is seen during the UEFA Champions League training on January 28, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Daizen Maeda will miss the match this evening after he was sent off in the closing stages against BSC Young Boys at Celtic Park last Wednesday night. The VAR footage shown to the referee appeared to just show the end of the incident and therefore lacked context, certainly considering the Young Boys player Mohamed Ali Camara was already on a yellow card.

Daizen was more sinned against than the sinner

It appeared that Daizen was more sinned against than the sinner but Celtic did not appeal the red card, fearing an increase in punishment should that appeal have failed.

Annoyingly that seems to have happened anyway with UEFA today confirming that Daizen will receive a two match ban for the red card picked up last week.

Adam Idah celebrates with Daizen Maeda after Loris Benito of BSC Young Boys (not pictured) concedes an own goal, resulting in the first goal for Celtic, during the UEFA Champions League match between Celtic FC and BSC Young Boys at Celtic Park on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

That of course means he misses tonight’s game and is also out of the first leg of Celtic’s next Champions League knock-out tie after UEFA confirmed a two-match ban for the winger.

UEFA have now confirmed that their Control, Ethics and Disciplinary body reviewed the case earlier this week and imposed a two-match suspension on the Celtic winger, listing the charge as “assaulting another player”. The governing body therefore confirmed that Daizen has received a two ban in UEFA club competition matches.

After his sending-off Daizen posted this apology on social media to the Celtic support…

Referee Rohit Saggi shows a red card to Daizen Maeda during the UEFA Champions League match between Celtic FC and BSC Young Boys at Celtic Park on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Jota spoke to The Celtic Star and a few other Celtic fan media sites earlier this week at Celtic Park. Conor Spence from The Celtic Star asked the first three questions…

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