UEFA Hits Marseille With Fines and Suspended Stand Closure After Atalanta Match
The disciplinary ruling cites pyrotechnics alongside abusive conduct as grounds for penalties with a two-year probation.
Overview
- UEFA fined Olympique de Marseille more than €70,000 for incidents during the early-November Champions League home game against Atalanta.
- About half of the fine was for smoke bombs in the south stand, with further penalties for lasers, thrown objects and obstruction of public ways.
- The lower section of the south stand, where the Commando Ultra ’84 group is based, received a partial-closure sanction that is suspended for two years.
- Goalkeepers coach Alexandre Salvat was suspended for two matches for insulting referee José María Sánchez Martínez.
- Marseille lost 1–0 after a disputed handball sequence, prompting post-match complaints from players and officials about perceived injustice.