Uefa, sanctions for Nantes, Sivasspor, Eintracht

Heavy hand of UEFA, against the opponents of the Italians in the last round of the European cups. Sivasspor’s Hakan Arslan was given a three-match ban in international competition after being sent off in the match against Fiorentina for kicking Mandragora off the ground. Furthermore, Arslan is not new to controversial episodes: in 2020 he received a red card in the interval of the match against Besiktas for showing an error to the referee on his smartphone. Returning to current events, the Turkish club will also have to play the next UEFA match behind closed doors due to the misconduct of its supporters, including the invasion of the pitch that caused the blow received by Bianco from a home fan and for not having set up an effective security service in the circumstance.

FINES

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Among the sanctioned teams, there is also Eintracht Frankfurt in relation to the first leg against Napoli. The Germans received various fines, for a total of 70,000 euros: 50,000 for the smoke bombs and firecrackers, 20,000 for the obstruction of some passageways reserved for spectators. In addition, the entire Kurve West, where the use of pyrotechnics occurred, will be closed for the next European tender. It’s not going too much better at Nantes, for the match against Juventus on 23 February. In that case, smoke bombs were lit and firecrackers also triggered the closure of a sector of the plant for the French, also considering a suspended sentence that dates back to November last year. The supporters were also found guilty of throwing objects, chanting offensive chants and invading the pitch, for a total fine of €68,000.

THE OTHERS

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Trabzonspor (a 20,000 euro fine and suspended penalty of travel ban for one match), PSV (a 30,000 euro fine for pitch invasion and throwing objects), Partizan (121,000 euro fine for racist behaviour, smoke bombs, throwing objects, obstruction of passage and pitch invasion), Aek Larnaca (30,000 euro fine for smoke bombs and firecrackers), the Basel and Fenerbahce (both fined €44,000 for obstructing passage and throwing objects).