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Champions League: UEFA sanctions FC Barcelona for “racist behavior”

UEFA on Thursday fined FC Barcelona 25,000 euros for the "racist behavior of its supporters", two of whom were arrested in Paris on April 10 for Nazi salutes during the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barcelona.

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Champions League: UEFA sanctions FC Barcelona for “racist behavior”

UEFA on Thursday fined FC Barcelona 25,000 euros for the "racist behavior of its supporters", two of whom were arrested in Paris on April 10 for Nazi salutes during the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barcelona. PSG.

The Catalan club was also banned from selling tickets for its supporters to travel to its next match in a UEFA competition, a sanction with a one-year reprieve from the decision. .

Two Barça supporters were arrested on April 10, accused of “apology of war crimes and public insult of a racist nature” at the Parc des Princes, where PSG met FC Barcelona in the Champions League. The Paris police headquarters had reported on X (formerly Twitter) of “FC Barcelona supporters present at the Parc des Princes seen making monkey cries and Nazi salutes”.

One of them, suspected of having made monkey cries, was released without prosecution, the investigations having “failed to characterize the facts”, according to French justice. The other, suspected of having made Nazi salutes, was also released and will be summoned again for a hearing on these facts “likely to be qualified as an apology for a crime” on a date which has not been specified. , according to the same source.

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