Bayern Munich Fans Face European Ban After UEFA Sanctions

Bitter news for all Bayern fans!

The UEFA disciplinary committee announced on Thursday the punishment for the riots of some Munich supporters in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League at Lazio Rome (0-1).

FC Bayern is not allowed to sell tickets to its fans for the next away game in European competition. That means: Stadium ban for Bayern fans at the upcoming international game abroad! The club also has to pay 10,500 euros for throwing objects and 40,250 euros for setting off pyrotechnics.

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Background to the severe punishment: The Bayern fans were already on probation. Numerous incidents had already occurred in the German record champions’ group game at FC Copenhagen (2-1) on October 3, 2023. In addition to a fine of 40,000 euros, a suspended spectator ban from an away game was imposed for two years.

Since some Bayern ultras once again set off so much pyrotechnics at the start of the game at Lazio Rome that almost the entire away block was on fire and threw objects, the penalty now comes into force – even though the German record champions had already urgently asked for another one after the suspended sentence To avoid missteps so that not all away fans are excluded. When exactly the ban will be implemented is currently unclear and depends on the Tuchel team.

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Should Bayern defeat Lazio Rome in the second leg (March 5th, 9 p.m., Prime Video and live on bild.de in the ticker) and move into the Champions League quarter-finals, they would have to rely on their own support in the away game of the round of the last eight Avoid appendix. Otherwise, this penalty would hit Bayern in their first game away from home in European competition next season.

Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel (50), who is leaving the club after the season, said this at the press conference before the Bundesliga game in Freiburg (Friday, 8:30 p.m., DAZN and on bild.de in the live ticker): “I hope the punishment hits us. Overall, we have to move forward first. Anything I would say now would mean we are talking about a quarter-final, which is totally inappropriate because we have a 1-0 deficit to overturn in the second leg.”

It was also decided that central defender Dayot Upamecano (25) will be suspended for one game after his red card in the first leg against Lazio. He would be eligible to play again in a possible quarter-final.

2024-02-29 13:36:17
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