Croatia’s football federation has been punished by UEFA on Friday for “racist and discriminatory behavior” by their fans at the team’s last match before traveling to the World Cup.
According to the report in Daily Mail, UEFA has not specified the incidents that took place during Croatia’s 3-1 win over Austria in the Nations League in September. The match, unfortunately, had reports of insults ‘directed by fans at the federation and far-right chants’.
The Croatian body has been fined 20,000 euros for the ‘discrimination‘ and 23,000 euros for ‘other incidents‘ during the game in Vienna. UEFA also ordered that a section of their stadium to be closed when Croatia play Wales in March to kick off their European Championship qualifying group.
Flares are thrown onto the pitch during the Euro 2016 Group D match between the Czech Republic and Croatia
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