FC NANTES FINED OVER SALA TRIBUTE

Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:05 am

Nantes were fined a total of €21,000 by the French league’s disciplinary committee on Wednesday after supporters set off flares during tributes for the late Emiliano Sala.

The club incurred a fine of €16,500 for the “use of pyrotechnics and throwing objects” during the game against Saint-Etienne on January 30, their first since the striker’s plane disappeared over the Channel.

They were also punished for the same reasons following their home game against Nimes on February 10, three days after Sala’s body was recovered from the wreckage of the plane.

The league declined to comment when contacted by AFP.

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Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:08 am

No one with any sense can condone 'flares' (not the ones some of us wore in the 70's :lol:

) inside a stadium but for the French FA to 'fine' FC Nantes that amount is at best a little petty

Surely a 'warning' 'for the future' would have sufficed under the circumstances?