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The Spanish soccer club Real was fined 1.3 million Swiss francs for a 75 minute delay in the League of Champions semifinal game with Dortmund Borussia. The delay was caused by changing one of the nets at Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. After the game the net was measured and one of the posts turned out to be three centimeters lower than the other. However, German club suspended the suit regarding the game results. The discipline committee of FIFA issued a resolution forbidding Real to play its next two games in the League on their stadium, because club management failed to prepare the stadium for the game. The return game between Borussia and Real will take place on April 16 in Dortmund.