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Uefa charges Inter and Valencia
Burdisso feels the force of Navarro's punch
Uefa has charged both teams and five players for the brawl that marred Valencia's Champions League match with Inter Milan.
Carlos Marchena and David Navarro of Valencia, and Inter's Nicolas Burdisso, Ivan Cordoba and Maicon have all been charged with gross unsporting conduct.
Uefa's Control and Disciplinary Body will deal with the case on 14 March.
Navarro sparked a free-for-all after breaking Burdisso's nose, with players from both teams becoming involved.
The fracas continued in the tunnel with Inter players trying to confront Navarro in Valencia's dressing-room.
A goalless draw at the Mestalla took Valencia through to the quarter-finals on the away goals rule following the 2-2 draw in Milan.
But the result was overshadowed by events on the final whistle.
Valencia midfielder Marchena appeared to kick out at Burdisso after exchanging words.
The incident sparked the brawl and Navarro, a substitute who had not featured in the match, ran on to the middle of the pitch and punched Burdisso.
Several Inter players tried to trip up Navarro as he ran off the pitch and the fighting continued in the tunnel and outside the dressing rooms.
Inter coach Roberto Mancini dubbed Navarro "a coward" for his act.
Mancini said: "Now I have seen the footage there's nothing else you can say about someone who throws a punch like that and runs away." Navarro has apologised for his role in the fracas and offered to go to Italy to apologise to Burdisso in person.
He said: "I want to say sorry for what happened, what I did was not good.
"It was a lack of respect for the football world and that's why I wanted to ask forgiveness from the Inter player.
"If I need to go to Italy to say sorry, I will.
"This is a bad time for me, nothing like this has happened before because I am not a violent person. I am setting a bad example."
Navarro added that he expected Uefa to come down heavily on him, and will accept the punishment meted out to him.
He said: "It's logical that I am punished by Uefa and I must be ready for anything.
"I want to say sorry to Uefa and my club as the example I gave was not good, it wasn't me."
Inter goalkeeper Francesco Toldo entered the Valencia dressing room, while Luis Figo and Inter's Esteban Cambiasso were involved in scuffles as they tried to follow him before security guards intervened.
Valencia's Italian defender Emiliano Moretti expressed his surprise at his team-mate's actions.
"Navarro is a perfectly normal person and I don't know what would cause him to do such a thing," he told Italian television.
This ones the nose breaking pic. Ouch.
You see the reverse angle of the punch at the end.
Some men see things as they are and ask why. I dream things that never were and ask why not?
3/7/2007 6:06 PM
