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No ban for Kewell
20/06/2006: Harry Kewell will be free to play in the Socceroos' crucial clash against Croatia after FIFA decided not to follow up claims the Liverpool winger insulted referee Markus Merk.
FIFA have claimed the report handed into them by the German whistleblower was "inconsistent".
Kewell will now be able to play in the Stuttgart clash where victory would ensure Australia's progression to the next phase.
FIFA communications director Markus Siegler told a media briefing in Berlin: "As far as the player from Australia, Harry Kewell, is concerned, the FIFA disciplinary committee decided to close the procedure due to inconsistent reports by the referee."
They would not expand on exactly what the inconsistencies were but it seems there was a misunderstanding in communications
Kewell who has been in the form of his life at Liverpool this season believed the incident was just heat of the moment stuff.
There may also have been problems with FIFA taking disciplinary action because under their regulations, Merk could still have issued a red or yellow card to Kewell even though he had blown the final whistle.
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