Barcelona have been sanctioned by UEFA following the occasions of the Champions League conflict towards Eintracht Frankfurt on December 9.
The European governing physique has imposed a €17,000 fantastic on the membership, primarily for being held chargeable for the entry of flares and pyrotechnics into the stadium through the high-stakes encounter, experiences Catalunya Radio (h/t ).
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What came about at Camp Nou
The core of the sanction lies within the membership’s function because the host.
Regardless of the stringent safety measures applied to stop a repeat of the notorious 2022 “invasion,” UEFA decided that Barcelona stays in the end chargeable for the security and safety of the amenities.
Since pyrotechnics had been efficiently smuggled previous the checkpoints and lit through the match, the legal responsibility falls on the host establishment.
UEFA’s disciplinary committee maintains that even when the flares had been introduced in by opposing followers, the failure to intercept them on the gates constitutes a breach of security protocol.
Pyro from Frankfurt followers on present at Camp Nou. (Photograph by Eric Alonso/Getty Photos)
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The report provides that the monetary penalty was initially slated to be a lot greater. Nonetheless, the fantastic was decreased to €17,000 because of a renewed constructive relationship between Barcelona’s board and UEFA management.
This diplomatic rapport proved essential in mitigating the disciplinary blow and decreasing the fantastic. In the meantime, it was reported earlier that whereas barring the membership from promoting tickets to followers for the following two away matches.
For Barcelona, the match at Camp Nou resulted in a 2-1 victory, with Jules Kounde notably scoring twice within the second half to seal essential three factors that performed a key function in serving to Hansi Flick’s males to safe a berth inside the highest eight.
Barcelona, subsequently, have managed to keep away from the playoff spherical and can be straight taking part in the Spherical of 16 in March, the place they are going to tackle the winners of the knockout playoffs.