Punishment for Nazi salute and monkey gestures closes Barcelona’s worst week of the season – 2024-04-20 09:40:58

More bad news for him FC Barcelona and his followers. UEFA has imposed a punishment against the Barça team for the behavior of its fans in last week’s match against Paris Saint-Germain.

The UEFA He pointed out that the proven accusation is for “racist behavior” after images of the misbehavior of fans at the Parc des Princes circulated on April 10.

How much will Barcelona have to pay for the fine imposed by UEFA?

Xavi’s team was fined 25,000 euros ($26,600) due to the Nazi salute and monkey gestures of their fans during last week’s match against PSG, in which Barcelona would have secured a 3-2 win, only to lose. in the second leg with a score of 4-1, in favor of the French team.

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Another of the punishments that UEFA imposed on Barcelona was to postpone the veto to sell tickets to its fans for a visiting game for the following season in the Champions League for a probationary period of one year.

Barça will also have to compensate PSG for fans’ damage to the seats and pay additional fines of 7,000 euros. ($7,500).

This would be the most recent blow that the Catalan team has received in the worst week it has experienced so far in the 2023-2024 season. In the first instance, they were left out of the Copa del Rey and after this elimination from the Champions League, it was also not enough to qualify for the Fifa Club World Cup. The competition had some modifications, since now there will be 32 clubs that will duel to be the best club in the world, and Barcelona was also surpassed in points.

Barcelona must face Real Madrid this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu and look for a victory so that the merengue team does not continue to move away from them in the LaLiga standings, where they are currently 8 points ahead of them.