{"id":293234,"date":"2023-10-11T23:24:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T23:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293234"},"modified":"2023-10-11T23:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T23:24:20","slug":"celtic-face-further-uefa-punishment-for-fans-behaviour-in-lazio-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/celtic-face-further-uefa-punishment-for-fans-behaviour-in-lazio-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic face further UEFA punishment for fans' behaviour in Lazio loss"},"content":{"rendered":"
UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Celtic over the throwing of fireworks and displaying illicit banners during last week\u2019s Champions League defeat to Lazio.<\/p>\n
Europe\u2019s governing body have confirmed to Mail Sport that a case has been opened against the Scottish Premiership champions \u2014 weeks after pyrotechnics against Feyenoord in Rotterdam landed the club a \u00a323,000 fine.<\/p>\n
UEFA\u2019s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body will consider the latest charges after the Green Brigade ultras unfurled a giant \u2018anti-fascist\u2019 banner in the 2-1 home defeat to Lazio.<\/p>\n
Similar imagery, wording and symbols landed the club a \u00a313,000 fine when the Serie A side travelled to Glasgow for a Europa League group-stage game in 2019.<\/p>\n
Along with the words \u2018Anti-Fascist Glasgow Celtic\u2019, the circular banner bore an image of former Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini \u2014 upside down \u2014 with the words \u2018Follow Your Leader\u2019.<\/p>\n
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Celtic fans unfurled an anti-fascist banner at their game against Lazio last week<\/p>\n
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They could now be punished by UEFA, and this comes just weeks after they were fined by the governing body for pyrotechnics during their defeat at Feyenoord<\/p>\n
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A message also read: \u2018Lazio Vaffanculo\u2019 \u2014 which, translated into Italian, tells the away team to \u2018f*** off\u2019.<\/p>\n
Disciplinary fines from UEFA have become a regular occurrence for Celtic \u2014 with appeals to fans to stop falling on deaf ears.<\/p>\n
A section of the travelling support let off flares and fireworks inside Feyenoord\u2019s De Kuip Stadium as their side fell to a 2-0 defeat to the Dutch champions in the opening game of Group E.<\/p>\n
Last season, the club were also issued with fines for fan misconduct during games against Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk. And further UEFA action seems inevitable after the Green Brigade called on fans to display Palestine flags during the Champions League game against Atletico Madrid on October 25.<\/p>\n
The move follows a statement from the Scottish Premiership champions condemning the display in the standing section of the stadium during the weekend win over Kilmarnock.<\/p>\n
The show of support \u2014 banners stating \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 and \u2018Victory to the Resistance\u2019 surrounded by Palestinian flags \u2014 came on a weekend of bloodshed in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Hamas gunmen killed over a thousand civilians after launching an attack on Israel from Gaza, with Israel retaliating with air strikes and a blockade of Gaza.<\/p>\n
Stressing that Celtic was \u2018a football club\u2019 and \u2018not a political organisation\u2019, the club said \u2018it is entirely inappropriate for any group of individuals to use Celtic Park as a vehicle for such messages\u2019.<\/p>\n
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