Inter Milan faces ban from European games next season

Already knocked out of the Champions League, Inter Milan faces a heavy price for the misbehavior of its fans -- including a ban from next season's competition.

UEFA will meet Friday to consider sanctions against Inter, whose fans threw flares and bottles onto the field in the second half of Tuesday night's quarterfinal match against AC Milan at San Siro, forcing the game to be cut short. One of the flares injured Milan goalkeeper Dida.

"There is a huge range of punishments possible,'' UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said. "But it's impossible to tell what the Control and Disciplinary body is going to decide.''

UEFA could also heavily fine Inter or force the club to play its European home games in an empty stadium.

Earlier this season in the Champions League, AS Roma's stadium was closed to spectators for two games after referee Anders Frisk was hit in the head by an object thrown from the stands during a game against Dynamo Kiev.