UEFA said it "acknowledged that the throw-in should have been in favor of Auxerre, but concluded there was no direct influence on the final outcome."
Auxerre have until midnight Thursday to lodge an appeal.
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Midfielder Nicky Butt was banned for one match Tuesday and fined ?8,500 (12,500 euros) for abusing a match official last month.
On loan from Newcastle to Birmingham City, Butt was sent off in a 1-1 draw against Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Sept. 17 for violent conduct. He then insulted a linesman as he left the field.
Butt admitted a charge of using "abusive and/or insulting words" and will miss the Oct. 16 visit of local rival Aston Villa.
The former England international has already served a three-match ban for the red card.
ANIMAL CELEBRATIONS
Real Madrid defender Ivan Helguera said his Brazilian teammates' habit of celebrating goals by imitating animals could annoy their fellow players as well as opposing sides.
Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Julio Baptista have scored six of Madrid's seven goals in recent Spanish league victories over Alaves and Mallorca and, together with Robinho, have celebrated with representations of a cockroach, a frog and a horse.
"They're not doing it out of spite, they're doing it to celebrate, but if I played in the other team and they scored four goals against me I'd think they were making fun of me," Helguera was quoted as saying by news agency Efe.
The Spain defender said he had given Roberto Carlos a kick after one of the animal impressions during the Mallorca game last Sunday.
"I think goals should be celebrated in a group and by the team. I prefer a group celebration because it's not just Roberto or Ronaldo who win but the whole team," Helguera said.
The Brazilians' fad has received a mixed reaction. Many find it amusing and regard it as harmless, while Spanish media this week suggested that the celebrations are potentially divisive, creating a clique of Brazilian players and isolating the rest of the team.
Alaves president Dmitry Piterman called Ronaldo, Robinho and Roberto Carlos "clowns" and "spoilt kids" for wiggling their arms and legs while lying on their backs like cockroaches during Madrid's 3-0 win on Sept. 25.
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