MATTHEW HARTMANN has been suspended for the rest of 2012 and will be banned from the Azkals for abandonment of the national team.
The Appeals Committee of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) handed the decision on Wednesday after the PFF�s Disciplinary Committee decided to suspend Hartmann on January 25.
Hartmann was suspended for abandoning the national team during its stint in the Southeast Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hartmann claimed he left the team because of a row with national team head coach Michael Weiss.
In a letter to PFF President Mariano Araneta, a copy of which was also given to Loyola team officials, Appeals Committee Chairman Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal decided �to affirm the decision of the Disciplinary Committee in imposing a ban on Mr. Hartmann in joining the national team; and to modify the decision of the Disciplinary Committee in its decision imposing an indefinite ban on any football club or organization from fielding him in any PFF sanctioned tournaments, and limits the ban to one year, to be reckoned from the date of the Decision of the Disciplinary Committee.
The decision furthered: �The period, for which the case was pending before the Appeals Committee, is to be considered as a portion of the period of the ban.�
Loyola Meralco club president Lorenzo Roxas was disappointed with the decision as he felt that �the club suspension has no basis.�
With Loyola missing its two Korean players�midfielders Jeong Byeong-yeol and Park Min-ho�because of dengue, Roxas was looking forward to having Hartmann back in time for the club�s match in the United Football League with Kaya this weekend as well as for next week when the Sparks compete in the first leg of the Singapore Cup against Geylang United on May 18.
Hartmann said he will air his side in two days� time.
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