Betis fined by UEFA for incidents at Old Trafford

The Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of UEFA was fined by Real Betis for the incidents recorded in the first leg of the round of 16 of european league played at Old Trafford against Manchester United (4-1) on March 9. The Verdiblanco club was fined 30,000 euros for throwing objects and public incidents and 3,500 euros for lighting flares.

During the match, a group of Real Betis radicals rejected from the stands where all the fans of the Verdiblanco club are located throwing objects received from Manchester Utd fans and tried to break the cordon of security to fight them, cause for chaos. the police had to intervene and five arrests were made.

UEFA has fined a number of clubs for various incidents, including Spanish Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​Sevilla FC, Real Sociedad and Real Betis for various incidents in matches of the last qualifying round of Europe League, the body announced this Friday. The highest fine was for Betis, for incidents recorded in the first leg of the round of 16 played at Old Trafford, where they were fined 30,000 euros for throwing objects and public incidents and 3,500 euros for -fire flares.

3,000 euros to Barça and 8,000 to Sevilla

FC Barcelona was fined 3,000 euros for lighting a flare also in the land of Manchester United (2-1), in the previous qualifying match played on February 23, and Sevilla 8,000 euros for blocking public access, in round of 16 match against Fenerbahçe (2- 0) played on March 9.

The Turkish club was also fined 14,000 euros for blocking public access and 3,000 for throwing objects, in the first leg of the tie with Sevilla, and UEFA also ordered the partial closure of its stadium for the next game it played. in European competition.

Real Sociedad received a warning for inappropriate team behavior and a fine of one thousand euros for lighting flares in the round of 16 in Rome (2-0) on March 9.