Zlatan Ibrahimovic may end up being forgiven by Ligue 1 officers, after he was banned for his comments regarding French fans and country. Today, PSG appealed the ban on the Swedish striker, granting "Ibra" the chance to play until the league decides whether to keep the ban or reduce the amount of games the player is unavailable to play.
Previously, team officers protested the ban since Zlatan's comments were not directed to any of the game's officers. Ligue 1 execs determined that a mediator will be appointed in order to reach an agreement between the two parties.
"For us, Zlatan should not be suspended, because he aimed no hurtful or insulting words at the match officials. The fourth official confirmed his words were said after the officials' dressing-room door had been closed. Zlatan was only talking to himself, in an area that we can consider private," the club stated when the sanction was revealed.
This will not be the only appeal Ligue 1 will have to solve. Added to PSG's complaint, Olympique Marseille also protested Dimitri Payet's two-match ban, after the league's officers determined to suspend him in similar circumstances as Zlatan. Both clubs also decided to boycott French broadcaster Canal+, since both players were exposed in that channel's broadcasting services.
While the league's officers solve this problem, Ibrahimovic will be able to play against Nice on Saturday, with Les Parisiens fight to win another Ligue 1 championship.
