Complaint of anti-Semitism to Marciniak, UEFA assesses the accusations

UEFA is aware of the allegations concerning referee Szymon Marciniak, who allegedly participated in an event organised by a Polish far-right member with homophobic and anti-Semitic positions, and has taken steps to obtain clarification. Already tomorrow, after assessing the situation and the evidence, an announcement is expected on the matter and it could also come to the decision to replace the Pole, designated for the Champions League final between Inter and Manchester City. UEFA and the football community abhor the positions promoted by the group in question and take these allegations very seriously.
Marciniak, who only a few months ago had directed the World Cup final in Qatar between Argentina and France, was 'denounced' by the association 'Never Again' - which defines itself as an independent civil society organization founded in Warsaw in 1996 active against racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia -, for having participated last Monday as a testimonial in a demonstration-event in Katowice of the Confederacia party, whose leader Slawomir Mentzensi would advance theses 'against Jews, gays, abortion, taxes and the European Union'.