The UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Commission fined this Sunday, for the second time in the Euro Cup, the Albanian Football Federation with 47,500 euros for the incidents that occurred in the match against Croatia, played at the Hamburg stadium on June 19, 2024.
Punished by UEFA Albania with a fine higher than that imposed on Croatia (27,000 euros) for the behavior of its fans in the same match.
“The financial penalty stems again from the problems caused by some Albanian fans, who lit flares during the match, spread inappropriate messages during the Croatia-Albania match, as well as delaying the match of a fan,” the Albanian Federation reported. soccer.
During the match, chants were recorded from both fans against the Serbs, who literally chanted “kill the Serb”, something that caused Serbia to threaten to abandon the tournament.
Speaking to RTS, Serbian state broadcaster Jovan Surbatovic, general secretary of the Serbian Football Association, called on UEFA to adopt “severe” sanctions against the federations of the Croatian and Albanian national teams or, failing that, Serbia will continue to take action.
In fact, as explained by the Albanian federation, 25,000 euros of the fine is for “broadcasting inappropriate messages during the match.”
The first fine received by Albania was 37,375 euros, for problems in the debut against Italy.
Furthermore, the Albanian federation once again communicated directly with its fans so that they would not issue messages with ethnic or political content.
“Once again, the Football Federation takes the opportunity to call on all Albanian fans to be more responsible and avoid these completely avoidable incidents and riots, which could lead to financial penalties and damage the image of Albania and Albanians football. In addition, it informs that non-sports messages (political, ethnic, etc.) are not allowed during games,” the statement said.
Source: La Verdad
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