CHELSEA will appeal against Didier Drogba's SIX-MATCH Euro ban.
The Blues striker was rapped for his abuse of referee Tom Henning Ovrebo following last month's Champions League semi-final KO by Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.
Even so, a Chelsea insider said: "The club accepts that Didier's actions were inappropriate but, given the circumstances, we feel that the punishment meted out was excessive."
The decision comes even though the final two games are suspended and the Ivory Coast star feared he might be kicked out of Euro action for a YEAR.
Drogba will now miss most of Chelsea's early Champions League group stage games next season, though a new £16m, three-year Chelsea deal is set to ease the pain.
He is close to agreeing an improved contract worth £110,000 a week.
Team-mate Jose Bosingwa was given a four-game Euro ban, with one suspended, for comments he made about Ovrebo.
Chelsea were fined £85,000 for failing to control their players. But they could have been given a stadium ban too, after angry fans threw missiles on the pitch.
source;skysports.co.uk
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