Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino avoids touchline ban for Champions League final

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has been given a one-match ban suspended for one year by UEFA probably for being responsible for the delayed start of the semifinal against Ajax.

In the process, he has avoided a touchline ban and will certainly be on the bench for the final against Liverpool.

His one-match ban has been deferred for a probation period of one year.

The club has also been fined €5,000 for a pitch invasion in their quarter-final with Manchester City.

Managers of both clubs are held responsible if a Champions League game does not start on time, regardless of the circumstances, and it is the second time it has happened to Tottenham this season.

The first indiscretion earns a warning, as Ajax boss Erik ten Hag has received, and a repeat offence earns a one-match touchline ban, which is always a suspension.

Tottenham qualified for their first Champions League final after a stunning second-leg comeback against Ajax in Amsterdam.

Lucas Moura scored a secondhalf hat-trick as Spurs overturned a three-goal deficit to progress on away goals and set up a meeting with Liverpool in Madrid on 1 June.

Meanwhile, among fines for other clubs, Porto have been fined €42,000 for blocking stairways, setting off fireworks and the late kick-off in their Champions League quarter-final second leg with Liverpool.

Porto head coach Sergio Conceicao is also banned for one UEFA competition match for being responsible for a late kick-off.