Vladimir Weiss is in hot water with UEFA after a furious outburst with the officials
Vladimir Weiss Snr had to be held back after being sent off
Slovan Bratislava’s chances of setting up a Champions League play-off showdown with Celtic are already looking bleak after their third round first leg qualifying defeat to Kairat Almaty.
And the Slovakian league champions will now have to try and overturn the deficit next week without their manager on the touchline after he saw red for berating the match officials.
Despite playing the final 25 minutes with 10 men after Rahim Ibrahim was sent off, Slovan looked set to claim a valuable 0-0 draw in Kazakhstan until the last minute of the game, where Dastan Satpaev stepped up to bag the winner from 12 yards after Kairat were awarded a penalty kick.
And boss Vladimir Weiss Snr – who’s son and former Rangers midfielder Vladimir Weiss Jr captains his team – couldn’t hide his fury at the performance of the officials.
The livid Czech coach stormed onto the pitch to give match referee Serdar Gozubuyuk a mouthful, to which the Turkish whistler quickly responded by giving Weiss a second yellow card.
The veteran boss reacted by marching towards the fourth official on the touchline to let rip with another tirade before he was ushered away by a member of his coaching team.
UEFA regulations dictate that Weiss will now serve a one-game touchline ban in the return fixture in Bratislava next Tuesday, with his side needing to score at least once without reply to force extra-time.
However, the severity of his dismissal could see the Champions League’s governing body hand out further punishment which could prevent Weiss leading his team from the side-line if they were to overturn the deficit and progress to the play-off round.
Celtic Park will play host to the first leg of the play-off round showdown(Image: SNS Group)
Brendan Rodgers’ Hoops await the winners of the tie later this month for a place in the money-spinning league phase of Europe’s most prestigious competition.
The Hoops will play host at Parkhead in the first leg on August 19/20 with the the return fixture away from home then comes six days later.
The side that loses over two legs will drop into the revamped group section of the Europa League, giving them a guarantee of continental football until next January at the earliest.
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