Nicklas Bendtner gets 6-month ban from Danish team after driving drunk on wrong side of road

Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, currently experiencing an injury-plagued and goalless loan spell at Juventus, has been given a six month ban from Denmark's national team after earning a DUI in Copenhagen. This will keep him from participating in at least three World Cup qualifiers.

Said the Danish FA (via ESPN):

"DBU respects every player's right to a private life, but we still have some rules and expectations about how players on the national team behave in public.

"The behaviour of players on the national team should, at a minimum, abide by society's rules."

So what did the man who was fined 100,000 at Euro 12 for wearing exposing his sponsored underpants do to get caught? From Football Italia:

According to Danish website bt.dk, Bendtner was arrested last night around 2amafter driving the wrong way up the Strand in Copenhagen.

It seems he also failed a breath test after going out with an old friend to each sushi and visit a sports bar, according to his advisor Jesper Lynghus.

On Sunday, Bendtner admitted to a "mild case of drink driving" and apologized on Twitter.

dear friendsi was booked for a mild case of drinkdriving last nightit was a quite nite but i am very very sorryto all my friends and fans

Nicklas Bendtner (@bendtnerb52) March 3, 2013

it is not ok to drink and drive. I take full responsibility Nicklas Bendtner (@bendtnerb52) March 3! , 2013

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