Chelsea blow as Nicolas Jackson has ban UPGRADED after red card for Club World Cup horror tackle
CHELSEA star Nicolas Jackson has had his red card suspension upgraded.
The striker was sent off for a reckless tackle in the 3-1 Club World Cup defeat to Flamengo on Friday.
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Nicolas Jackson has had his ban extended
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Jackson was set to be only be banned for the Blues' final group stage clash against ES Tunis in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
But the Fifa Disciplinary Committee has now extended the ban to two games.
It means Jackson will miss Chelsea's last-16 match should they progress from Group D.
The decision to upgraded the punishment cannot be appealed.
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