UEFA have thrown out a protest by Fenerbahce, who complained that Champions League opponents Shakhtar Donetsk fielded Fred in last week’s tie despite allegations of a doping offence against the Brazilian midfielder.
“The protest has been dismissed,” a UEFA spokesman said.
Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu selected Fred for the third qualifying round first leg in Istanbul last week, which ended 0-0, while admitting the club had been ad-vised by UEFA not to include him.
On Friday, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirmed that Fred had tested positive for the masking agent hydrochlorothia-zide during the Copa America in Chile.
Lucescu admitted he had been made aware of the possible doping violation but felt Fred was free to play as the club had yet to be issued with formal notification of any suspension.
Fred played in Brazil’s opening two fixtures at the June-July Copa America against Peru and Colombia but was dropped for the final group game against Venezuela and quarter-final defeat to Paraguay.
Legia awarded 3-0 win
Legia Warsaw have been awarded a 3-0 win in the first leg of their Europa League qualifier against FK Kukesi.
The match in Albania last Thursday was abandoned after 51 minutes when Legia’s Ondrej Duda was hit by a stone thrown from the crowd as his team celebrated taking a 2-1 lead.
Both teams were charged over the behaviour of supporters but, as Legia predicted on Twitter immediately after the abandonment, the match has been forfeited by Kukesi.
The second leg will go ahead as scheduled in Warsaw tomorrow.
Champions League
Third qualifying round
| Played yesterday | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Agg |
| Ajax (Holland) vs Rapid Vienna (Austria) | 2-2 | 2-3 | 4-5 |
| Apoel FC (Cyprus) vs FC Midtjylland (Denmark) | 2-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| (Apoel FC through on away goals rule) | |||
| Molde (Norway) vs Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) | 1-1 | 3-3 | 4-4 |
| (Dinamo Zagreb through on away goals rule) | |||
| Monaco (France) vs Young Boys (Switzerland) | 3-1 | 4-0 | 7-1 |
| Playing today | |||
| Club Brugge (Belgium) vs Panathinaikos (Greece) | 1-2 | ||
| FC Astana (Kazakhstan) vs HJK Helsinki (Finland) | 0-0 | ||
| FC Basel (Switzerland) vs Lech Poznan (Poland) | 3-1 | ||
| FC Bate Borisov (Belarus) vs Videoton (Hungary) | 1-1 | ||
| KF Skenderbeu (Albania) vs M. Orhei (Moldova) | 2-0 | ||
| Malmo FF (Sweden) vs Salzburg (Austria) | 0-2 | ||
| P. Belgrade (Serbia) vs S. Bucharest (Romania) | 1-1 | ||
| Qarabag (Azerbaijan) vs Celtic (Scotland) | 0-1 | ||
| S. Prague (Czech Rep.) vs CSKA Moscow (Russia) | 2-2 | ||
| S. Donetsk (Ukraine) vs Fenerbahce (Turkey) | 0-0 | ||
| V. Plzen (Czech Rep.) vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) | 2-1 | ||