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Taylor gets two-game ban for Coleman leg-break challenge

Wales will be without the defender for World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Austria as a result of a FIFA suspension for the horror tackle

Neil Taylor has been given a two-match ban in World Cup qualifying for the tackle that broke the leg of Seamus Coleman, the Football Association of Wales has confirmed.

The Aston Villa full-back was sent off for a crude lunge on Coleman in the 0-0 draw between Wales and the Republic of Ireland on March 24.

Coleman underwent surgery on a broken right tibia and fibula and is unlikely to play again until the autumn, although he returned to Everton's training ground for the next stage of his rehabilitation this week.