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23 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 19 FEBRUARY 2020 SPORTS FOOTBALL Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Mainly cloudy becoming partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind West Northwest force 4 or 5 becoming Northwest force 6 Sea Slight to moderate becoming rough Swell Negligible, locally low West Northwest for some time, becoming low Westerly TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 9. Shrove Sunday (13) 10. Sorrowful (3) 11. Trouble grievously (7) 12. Travel on (4) 13. Career golfers (4) 15. Urns (5) 17. Vast (7) 19. Meat and vegetables on a skewer (5) 21. Regret (3) 23. Furze (5) 24. Christmas log (4,3) 25. Lake in California (5) 27. Alcoholic drink of fermented honey (4) 28. Astound (4) 30. Pertaining to Turkey (7) 32. Born (3) 33. Automatic firearm (3-10) Down 1. Wriggly (9) 2. Demon (5) 3. Water (4) 4. Allergic rhinitis (3,5) 5. Exceptional intellect (6) 6. Daily fare of food (4) 7. Brother of Hannibal (9) 8. Abode of the dead (5) 14. Beginning (5) 16. Cranium (5) 18. City in W Morocco (9) 20. Act of starting (9) 22. Power of vision (8) 26. Consisting of herbs (6) 27. Musical note (5) 29. Forceps (5) 30. Baths (4) 31. Search thoroughly (4) WINDY UV: 4 WINDY UV: 4 16 0 / 12 0 16 0 / 11 0 FEELS LIKE 16 0 FEELS LIKE 16 0 GARY Neville believes Manchester City will win their appeal against UEFA's de- cision to ban the club from the Cham- pions League and labelled the governing body "a hopeless organisation". City were fined 30million euros (£24.9million) and given a two-year ban from UEFA club competitions on Fri- day after an investigation into accounts submitted by the club between 2012 and 2016. The Premier League champions have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against their punishment for "seri- ous breaches" of Financial Fair Play rules. Neville, a former Manchester United defender and joint-owner of Salford, told Sky Sports: "If owners sign up to contracts or allow contracts to be signed under their ownership, they should have money in place to fulfil those contracts and I think Man City's owners have got that. "I think City will beat UEFA. UEFA, I have no faith in them whatsoever. I think essentially they are a hopeless organisa- tion who will just apply what would be erratic disciplinary sanctions for differ- ent things and I think City will beat them in the courts. "I think it will get stuck in the courts for some time, but I think City will win in the end." Jamie Carragher, a fellow pundit on Monday Night Football, questioned the timing of the decision by UEFA. Pep Guardiola's side face Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie in the tournament later this month. The former Liverpool defender said: "I can't believe they are in the competition now. What would happen if City win this competition this season? "They are the favourites for it, one of the best teams in Europe and it would make a mockery of the competition. "UEFA will be desperate for Man City to get beat by Real Madrid, absolutely desperate. Can you imagine people from UEFA having to give the cup in Istanbul to a Man City player. "The first question Pep would get asked after the game is it a fake win? They will be asked questions about the merits of the club and competition. They are in the competition now and if they win it, it will almost be tainted. "It is the biggest thing any club team can win, but the things that will be thrown at Pep Guardiola five minutes later in a press conference and at his players will be should they be in the competition? "I think for UEFA, they should have ei- ther took Man City out of the competi- tion right now or left this decision until the end of the season." Gary Neville expects Manchester City to win appeal against 'hopeless' UEFA Gary Neville