11.   The Milan club fielded star strikers Christian Vieri and Ronaldo in the starting lineup together for only the fifth time this season.

12.   This ordered UEFA to let clubs field as many EU players as they wished and to end the well-established transfer system.

13.   Through this season, clubs could only field three foreigners and two so-called assimilated players, who had been competing in the country for a certain number of years.

14.   Under current rules, first-division soccer clubs can field no more than three non-Italians in league games and international competitions.

15.   What made the defeat worse was that the Italian club was mostly fielding substitutes.

16.   Allowing clubs to field all the EU players they want would make a mockery of the competition because it would favour the richest clubs, he argued.

17.   Barring an unforseen breakthrough in the dispute, clubs will be fielding replacement players.

18.   League rules allow suspensions to be split if more than five players are involved so a club can field a minimum of eight players per game.