UEFA fines Real Sociedad for lighting flares at the Benfica stadium
Euskaraz irakurri: UEFAk isuna jarri dio Realari zale txuri-urdinek Benficaren zelaian piztutako bengalengatik
The Real society has been fined for the UEFA with 3,000 euros for lighting flares by his fans at the match October 24 at Benfica’s field, where they won 0-1and to where 3,500 fields were displaced.
The Basque club has also received a notice for “inappropriate behavior” of his team in the Youth Champions League, as well as the suspension for two matches of Anartz Segurola.
Incidents involving Benfica fans at the Reale Arena
For his part, the Benfica has communicated through its website that UEFA prohibits its fans from being present at the next match it plays in the Champions League as a visitor, which will happen on December 12 against the Salzburgon the last date of the group stage of the competition.
The sanction to the Portuguese team comes from the incidents that his fans caused both in the surroundings and inside the Real Sociedad stadium last November 8where, at various moments of the match (3-1 in favor of the people from San Sebastian), part of its fans threw flares towards the stands of the txuri-urdin followers.
After the end of the meeting, the president of the txuri-urdin entity, Jokin Aperribayappeared before the media to indicate that Real would put “all means to pursue these criminals.”
Source: Eitb
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