Marseille heavily sanctioned by UEFA



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The Velodrome stadium during the OM-Salzburg match in the Europa League. – E. Barranguet / AFP

Dirty day for OM. Pinned for the incidents which enamelled his last European campaign, the Olympique de Marseille scooped Wednesday of an exclusion of one year of any European competition in the event of recurrence during the next two seasons, and will play his next match of Europa League in camera, announced
UEFA

The UEFA Disciplinary Committee has decided to "exclude Olympique de Marseille from participation in the next UEFA competition for which it will qualify. This exclusion is suspended on a probationary period of two years, "UEFA wrote in a statement.

In camera and 100,000 euros fine

OM is sanctioned by UEFA for incidents on the sidelines matches against Leipzig in the quarter-final at home, Salzburg in the semi-finals (home and away), and in the final lost against Atlético Madrid in May at Groupama Stadium in Lyon.

UEFA has retained the charges "disturbances in the public", "acts of vandalism", "ignition of smoke", "jet of objects" and "delayed kick-off".

"Partial private session" of the Velodrome, with closure turns north and south, will also be established in a second match of C3 at home, and the OM will have to pay a fine of 100,000 euros, orders UEFA.

"It would be nice if we were not Excluded, we will have to get into the nails, "reacted OM coach Rudi G Arcia, after the friendly match lost against Betis Sevilla (3-2) in Faro (Portugal). "We know that UEFA is very severe, rightly, he added, we need our supporters, if we do not have them for the first day of Europa League is already very negative"

For Garcia, "everyone will have to take responsibility so that we can play in a full Vélodrome stadium."

Finally, Marseille is enjoined, in the next 30 days, to "contact 'Olympique Lyonnais, in whose stadium the final of the Europa League took place, in order to pay for the damage caused by its supporters,' concludes the supreme body of European football.

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