Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been handed a two-match touchline ban and a 10,000 euro fine by UEFA after being found guilty of ignoring rules on communicating with his bench during last week's Champions League clash against Udinese. Wenger has paid the price for flouting UEFA's guidelines over speaking to assistants while serving a suspension and will now be forced to watch from the stands when the Gunners face Udinese in the decisive second leg of their playoff tie in Italy Wednesday. Arsenal has a slender 1-0 lead from the first leg and the absence of its manager is a significant blow to its hopes of making the lucrative group stages of Europe's elite club competition. Wenger had been forced to watch the first leg from the Emirates Stadium stands as he served a one-match touchline ban for abusing Swiss referee Massimo Busacca in the aftermath of last season's stormy Champions League defeat at Barcelona. However, the Frenchman believed he was still free to communicate with assistant Pat Rice by passing messages to first-team coach Boro Primorac, who was seated next to the Gunners chief and then phoned the information down to the bench. The trio did exactly that throughout the first half but television pictures showed the rather blatant nature of the plan and UEFA, keen not to be embarrassed, warned Wenger at the break that he was contravening the rules and he withdrew from communication. UEFA decided that Wenger deserved further punishment for his actions and hit him with a fine that would extend to the opening match of the Champions League or Europa League group stages, depending which competition the Gunners end up in. Milan gains quick Juve revenge AC Milan gained swift revenge on Juventus with a 2-1 victory at the San Siro Sunday to win the pre-season Berlusconi Cup, sponsored by Silvio Berlusconi in memory of his father Luigi. Just three days after having lost to its Turin opponent by the same score in a 45-minute match in the three-way TIM Cup — which Inter Milan won with its neighbor finishing last — Milan turned the tables despite missing several stars. Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng and veteran Dutchman Clarence Seedorf gave the Milanese a two-goal lead at the break before Mirko Vucinic pulled one back in the second period. Milan lined up with Antonio Cassano up front on his own due to an injury to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the absence of Brazilians Pato and Robinho, rested due to their participation at the Copa America.
