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Firey ... Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts during AC Milan match against Napoli (Getty)
AC Milan's Swedish international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss the top of the table clash with Serie A leader Juventus later this month after he was suspended for three matches.
The Swede received the ban for slapping Napoli player Salvatore Aronica in the face during Sunday's 0-0 draw, for which he was red carded.
AC Milan, which is second one point behind Juventus, said it will appeal the ruling by the Italian League's Disciplinary Commission.
"AC Milan announces it will appeal against the decision made by the sporting judge to hand Zlatan Ibrahimovic a three-match ban," read a statement on www.acmilan.com.
As well as the Juve meeting Ibrahimovic, who is Milan's leading scorer with 15 league goals, will miss the Serie A games at Udinese and Cesena.
Ibrahimovic has a chequered disciplinary record in Italy. Last season he was sent off two matches in a row while seven years ago, when he was playing for Juventus, he missed a title-deciding match with Milan because he was serving a suspension.
He was suspended after headbutting Inter Milan's combative Serbian Sinisa Mihajlovic and then hit the latter's Inter team-mate Ivan Cordoba.
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