MADRID, Nov 20: Atletico Madrid will have to play Wednesday’s Champions League match against PSV Eindhoven behind closed doors after sport’s court of arbitration (CAS) partially upheld a punishment handed down by UEFA for crowd trouble.
The CAS ruled that the sanction should stand because of “serious security breaches” during a Champions League match against Olympique Marseille in Madrid on Oct 1.
However, it overturned a suspended sanction of a second match behind closed doors and cut a UEFA fine of 150,000 euros ($187,900) by half because it said there was not enough evidence to support allegations Atletico fans made racist chants.—Reuters
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