FC Barcelona was fined 25,000 euros due to the racist behavior of some of its supporters on April 10 during the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
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UEFA on Thursday fined FC Barcelona 25,000 euros for “racist behavior of his supporters” two of whom were arrested in Paris on April 10 for Nazi salutes during the Champions League quarter-final first leg against PSG. The capital club also filed three complaints for these facts, as did the two associations SOS Racism and Sportsmanship.
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. .
As part of the meeting of ⚽️ #PSGFCB2 arrests were made by the police mobilized as part of the system: apology for war crimes and public insult of a racist nature.
➡️ So that sport remains a party! pic.twitter.com/UtXzNHe6d1— Police Prefecture (@prefpolice) April 11, 2024
Two Barça supporters were arrested on April 10, accused of“apology for war crimes and public racist insult“at the Parc des Princes, where PSG met FC Barcelona in the Champions League. The Paris police headquarters reported on X (formerly Twitter) that “FC Barcelona fans present at 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 not “not allowed 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 crime” on a date which has not been specified, according to the same source.
