Suarez misses the final

Two yellow cardboard against Atletico Madrid and the red at the end of the match, Luis Suarez have missed the final of the Copa del Rey.

Catalan club, Barcelona have made a complaint to the Football Federation of Spain but that was rejected.

The Spanish Federation has seen the footage again and decided that the punishment of Suarez remain in force.

Suarez is not sentenced to a game within the game in the Spanish Cup.

So star Uruguayan will miss Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final against Deportivo Alaves.

But 30-year-old received a fine of 600 euros from the Federation.

Atletico surrendered their numerical advantage 21 minutes from time, Carrasco clattering into Arda Turan to get his second yellow, and yet their best chance to score was still to come.

Gerard Pique was adjudged to have brought down Gameiro in the box, but after he picked himself up to take the spot-kick, the Frenchman fired it against the top of the crossbar.

Deflated by that blow, Atletico's threat faded before Suarez's late indiscretion – leading to his first Barca dismissal – briefly revitalised them, but Luis Enrique's men dug deep to make it through.

Despite being up against it for much of the opening half, Barca came close to breaking the deadlock early on when Suarez's low strike forced a near-post save from Moya.

Atletico responded with a swift counter-attack and Carrasco should have done better after creating space to shoot deep inside the box, but his effort was too close to Jasper Cillessen.

There was another warning shot from the visitors in the 11th minute, Cillessen having to quickly change direction to keep out Griezmann's header before gathering the loose ball.

A powerful Diego Godin header and some urgent defending from Jordi Alba to thwart Griezmann underlined the growing threat of Simeone's side.

But they failed to make their superiority count and Barca pounced against the run of play on the stroke of half-time, Suarez prodding home from Messi's saved effort.

Atletico were handed added impetus when Roberto was given his marching orders having gone in studs-up on Filipe Luis, but a poor decision from the assistant referee to flag Griezmann offside as he picked out the bottom corner denied them a leveller.

Their momentum appeared to be stifled when Carrasco mindlessly fouled Arda to call his evening to an end, and Messi almost put the tie to bed with a stunning free-kick that cracked the underside of the crossbar from 30 yards.

But Pique's foul on Gameiro handed Atletico a penalty from which the 29-year-old missed, only to make amends with a tap-in from compatriot Griezmann's assist three minutes later.

Suarez was flagged offside late on as he sought to seal Barca's progression, but he soon ended his own involvement in this year's competition with a foul that led to the game's third red card.

Suarez didn’t see any harm in the contact and thought Koke overplayed the incident.

“I’m laughing at that second yellow card, it’s not even a foul,” Suarez told Gol TV via the BBC. “I did absolutely nothing. It was what he [Koke] wanted.”

Unfortunately for Suarez and Barcelona, the federation’s opinion is the one that counts. With a two-match ban, Suarez misses the May 27 final and will also be out for Barcelona’s first domestic cup tie next season. Of course, Barcelona have an embarrassment of riches in their attack and will probably be able to ease past Alaves, who sit 12th in the La Liga table at the moment.

With Suarez sidelined, Barcelona will have to lean on the likes of Lionel Messi and Neymar to pick up the slack, along with Arda Turan and Denis Suarez.

Still, Suarez would certainly much rather prefer to be out there if Barcelona lift the trophy for the third straight year.

Simeone's side pushed to force it to extra time, but came up short and Barca will meet either Alaves or Celta Vigo in the final, with the sides playing on Wednesday in a tie that is goalless after the first leg.