22 Apr 2015

Pep in trouble with UEFA

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Pep Guardiola (AFP)

Munich - Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola faces a UEFA rap for wearing a t-shirt dedicated to the memory of an Argentine journalist killed at the World Cup.

The Bayern boss is being investigated for 'unsportsmanlike behaviour' for wearing a black t-shirt on Monday bearing the text #JusticiaParaTopo (Justice for Topo) before Munich's stunning 6-1 thrashing of Porto in their Champions League, second-leg fixture.

Jorge Lopez, nicknamed 'Topo', was killed when the taxi he was travelling in was hit by a stolen car being chased by police in a traffic accident while reporting at last year's World Cup in Brazil.

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