Austria’s soccer followers turned the European Championship opening match on Monday in Düsseldorf in opposition to France (0:1) right into a people competition.
However not all red-white-red followers behaved correctly. That is now costing the ÖFB dearly.
As Secretary Basic Thomas Holler confirmed on Thursday, greater than 50 beer mugs are mentioned to have been thrown from the Austrian sector in direction of the French one.
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The UEFA Disciplinary Committee punished the ÖFB in a fast-track process with a fairly hefty effective of 57,375 euros.
“This takes cash out of soccer,” Hollerer was quoted as saying within the “Kleine Zeitung”. He appealed to guests to the European Championships to keep away from such actions sooner or later. The affiliation additionally reserves the fitting to pay compensation if the cup-throwers are tracked down.
The ÖFB was additionally knowledgeable that additional incidents might result in a drastic enhance within the penalty.
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