New coach suspends Diego
ByReuters
Updated 08/02/2011 at 14:21 GMT
Wolfsburg playmaker Diego has been suspended for one match for defying orders and taking a penalty in their 1-0 defeat to Hanover, new coach Pierre Littbarski confirmed.
Wolfsburg's Brazilian midfielder Diego (R) misses a penalty against Hanover's goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler (L) during the German first division Bundesliga football match Hanover 96 vs VfL Wolfsburg in the northern German city of Hanover on February 5, 201
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The Brazilian seized the ball from designated penalty-taker Patrick Helmes and then struck the spot-kick against the crossbar 10 minutes from time, in a defeat that led to the sacking of former England manager Steve McClaren.
Littbarski, a 1990 World Cup winner with Germany, who took over from McClaren on Monday, said Diego would not play against Hamburg on Saturday.
"Diego will not play. I have suspended (him) following the incident in our most recent game," said Littbarski, who was McClaren's assistant and is expected to stay until the end of the season.
"After Saturday it will all be forgotten and he can show us again if he can be of help to us," he added.
Diego joined the 2009 German champions last year for a reported 15 million euros (£12.7m) from Juventus but his team are only one point off the relegation play-off spot after a bad run that has seen them win just one of their last 11 league games.
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