The Argentine Football Federation has to pay around 15,000 euros after the file was opened on Saturday for the Netherlands-Argentina incident.
The file, as made public by FIFA itself, refers to two possible violations of articles 12 (Improper conduct of players and officials) and 16 (Order and security at matches).
For the first, as we explained on the same Saturday, no player was involved in its opening. It was only because of too many Argentine players that the referee Mateu Lahoz reprimanded. As many as eight players besides coach Walter Samuel were reprimanded. They are Romero, Otamendi, Lautaro Martínez, Acuña, Messi, Gonzalo Montiel, Leandro Paredes and Pezzella.
What the regulations say
Article 12 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code says this about when there is an excessive number of cautions, particularly when there are more than five in the same match: “If a national team or a club behaves inappropriately (for example, if a one-on-one match, the referee imposes individual disciplinary sanctions on five or more players, or on three or more players in the case of futsal), disciplinary measures may also be imposed on the relevant that association or club”.
Measure as we say what happens with the AFA fining this amount included in the FIFA disciplinary order when these excessive cards occur. The fact that it doesn’t affect any players in particular explains why it hasn’t been announced yet, even though they will play tomorrow in the semifinal against Croatia.
The fan who brought the field
To this fine should be added the corresponding one for the fan who jumps on the field in the second half and explains another point in the file related to order and safety in the matches.
The fan took to the field 75 minutes into the game, just after Messi scored a 2-0 penalty against the Argentines. The spectator was wearing a light blue shirt which he started to take off when he was knocked down by security elements.
As this newspaper has learned, it has been proven that he is in the sector of Argentina fans, so he will be fined as stipulated in article 16 of FIFA, which says: “If one or more followers of a federation or club adopts the inappropriate behaviors described below, the relevant associations and clubs are responsible and may therefore be subject to disciplinary and administrative measures, even if they can prove that there was no negligence on their part in relation to the organization of the match: a) the invasion or the attempted invasion of the field of play”.
Source: La Verdad
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