On Tuesday, Eintracht Frankfurt celebrated a victory in the Champions League for the first time in its history. One day after the 1-0 win against Olympique Marseille, however, the sporting success of the SBU plays a subordinate role in the media. The topic is once again the behavior of Eintracht fans: the club finds clear words, UEFA investigates.
The European Football Union has started investigations after the incidents in the Champions League game between Eintracht Frankfurt and Olympique Marseille (1-0). The federation’s disciplinary committee accuses Eintracht supporters of racist behavior. Other charges include throwing objects, setting off fireworks and damaging property.
A circumstance that comes as no surprise to the SBU management. This emerges from the clear words that board member Philipp Reschke gave at the Club home page finds.
“First of all, UEFA will launch formal proceedings. They will spend a while fully commenting on the mass of events surrounding this match. We will have six days to respond to the allegations that are at hand. Then we will have to wait and see how UEFA decides on our cause in its next rule meeting, in which all misconduct in all three competitions on one day will be decided,” said Reschke.
Due to the misconduct in the past, however, one is in “very dangerous waters”. Reschke did not want to rule out the consequences for the upcoming home and away games.
Eintracht official complains about “legal vacuum”
However, the Eintracht board is surprisingly clear that he sees a good deal of the blame in Marseille.
“First of all, our fears were clearly exceeded here. Anyone who deals with Olympique de Marseille knows what to expect from games like this here. If you look at the games against PAOK Saloniki or Feyenoord Rotterdam from the past, then the scenes were comparable “, says Reschke. “We expected it, but then experiencing it has a completely different quality. It’s a bit of a legal vacuum that we had to identify on the side of the Olympique fans.”
The OM fans also have to answer for throwing objects and setting off firecrackers. UEFA sees other violations in the use of laser pointers, the riots among the crowds and the blocking of escape routes.