UEFA charges Eintracht Frankfurt and Marseille after fan unrest
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Eintracht Frankfurt and Marseille for the behaviour of their fans in the stands in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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Marseillewith one goal in the Champions League but this match was overshadowed by violence in the stands.
Social media footage showed an Eintracht fan giving a Nazi salute and both sets of fans aiming fireworks at one another in the stands.
Eintracht said:
"The club dissociates itself completely and utterly from the one isolated incident that occurred during the run-up to the UEFA Champions League match between Olympique de Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt, where a gesture resembling a Nazi salute was made.
"Anti-Semitic ideas are totally opposed to the club's categoric and immutable values and roots."
Eintracht manager Oliver Glasner after the game said:
"I focus on the sporting aspect, my role is sport. But I believe that these idiots do not belong to football, nor to the world."
Eintracht has now been charged by UEFA because of their fan's troubling behavior including the throwing objects, lighting off fireworks, acts of damage, and racist behavior.
Marseille has also been charged because of their fan's troubling behavior including throwing of objects, lighting off fireworks, use of laser pointers, crowd disturbances, and blocking of public passageways.
"Disciplinary proceedings have been instigated in accordance with Article 55 of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations following the UEFA Champions League group stage match between Olympique de Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt played on 13 September 2022 in France,"
read a statement from UEFA.
"The UEFA disciplinary bodies will decide on the matter in due course."
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