Eintracht Frankfurt have been penalized for stinging their fans in the Europa League with a draw in the games at Standard Liege (7.11.) And Arsenal (28.11.).
According to European Football Union Uefa's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body on Thursday, Eintracht was convicted of rioting and throwing objects in the match on 3 October at Vitoria Guimarães (1-0) in Portugal , Fans of both teams had pitched each other with seats just before the kick-off. The police then cleared a Frankfurt fan block.
After the decision of the Uefa Eintracht announced immediately to want to examine the chances of appeal against the fan exclusion. "This is undoubtedly a hard decision by the Uefa," Frankfurt's CEO Axel Hellmann was quoted in a tweet: "Of course, as soon as we have the reasons for the decision, at least with regard to the game in London and the chances of success of a call."
️ Axel Hellmann: "That is undoubtedly a tough decision by UEFA. Of course, as soon as we have the reasons for the decision, we will also look at the chances of success of an appeal, at least with regard to the game in London. "
- Eintracht Frankfurt (@Eintracht) October 17, 2019The concord was also instructed by the Uefa to contact Vitória within 30 days to replace the damage caused by their supporters in the stadium.
On January 10, Frankfurt had been convicted of rioting by its supporters to a spectator exclusion on probation and a fine of 80,000 euros. The probationary period was set at two years. Already at that time, it had been threatened that the Eintracht fans should not drive to the next away match in case of renewed incidents. After the use of pyrotechnics against Inter Milan in March, the supporters are still likely to travel to the next match against Benfica to Lisbon.
Frankfurt wants to initiate discussion
Also in the return match of qualifying for the Europa League against Racing Strasburg (3: 0) was the Bundesliga club because of the misconduct of his supporters to 48,000 euros sentence has been sentenced.
Eintracht board member Hellmann also announced that the club had to deal with the question of "how we can celebrate our common goal of celebrating sporting festive days in European club competitions in the future more effectively against the misconduct of less."
Also punished by the Uefa on Thursday Borussia Dortmund. Because of riots by his supporters in the 2-0 victory in the Champions League at Slavia Prague BVB has to pay a fine of 29,875 euros. Borussia supporters fired firecrackers on 2 October and threw objects on the field. The club was instructed by the Uefa to contact Slavia within 30 days to settle the damage caused.
