ananasonastick (ananasonastick) wrote in ontd_football,
2012-06-14 23:17:00

Russia, Germany and Portugal fined. Italy wants sanctions.

UEFA on Thursday said that it had fined Germany 10,000 euros (8,000 pounds, $12,500) after its fans threw missiles onto the pitch during the country’s opening Euro 2012 match with Portugal.

Portugal were fined 5,000 euros for a delayed kick-off to the second-half of the Group B match in Lviv, Ukraine, last Saturday, European football’s governing body said in an emailed statement. Germany won the match 1-0.

The fine imposed on the German football association (DFB) is small in comparison to the 120,000 euros imposed on Russia after its fans lit and threw fireworks during the game with the Czech Republic last Friday.

Potentially inflammatory “Russian Empire” flags were also spotted at the match in Wroclaw, southwest Poland, which Russia won 4-1. Russian fans were also blamed for an attack that left four volunteer stadium stewards requiring hospital treatment.

UEFA threatened to deduct six points from Russia’s next European championship qualifying campaign if there were any repeat of the crowd trouble.


Italy wants sanctions against Spain, Croatia for fans jeering their anthem.

Euro 2012 has already had significant problems with racism, fan violence and even illegal underpants ads, but now Italy says they will file a complaint with UEFA over another grand disgrace: anthem booing.

From Football Italia:

"I will tell the FIGC to ask UEFA for significant sanctions against these fans who jeer the Italian anthem," said CONI (Italian Olympic Committee) President GianniPetrucci.

"It's the second time this has happened after the opening match against Spain. We cannot continue like this."

Italy's 1-1 draw against Croatia was twice held up when Croatian fans threw flares onto the pitch, which is a bit more likely to earn a punishment from UEFA. There were also reports that like the Spanish, Croatian fans subjected Mario Balotelli to monkey chants every time he touched the ball. Italian officials, meanwhile, have been quiet on their own fans who decided to "support" Balotelli by attending the match in blackface...




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evrymemry

June 14 2012, 21:30:07 UTC 11 months ago

Italian officials, meanwhile, have been quiet on their own fans who decided to "support" Balotelli by attending the match in blackface...

...um.

ziphertis

June 14 2012, 23:53:32 UTC 11 months ago

Unfortunately, in my experience 90% of people in Europe (excluding GB) don't seem to get that blackface isn't ok. Which is really sad.

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rlmoonyk

June 14 2012, 21:32:03 UTC 11 months ago

"There were also reports that like the Spanish, Croatian fans subjected Mario Balotelli to monkey chants every time he touched the ball. Italian officials, meanwhile, have been quiet on their own fans who decided to "support" Balotelli by attending the match in blackface..."

wow this is disgusting.

dark_puck

June 14 2012, 21:36:06 UTC 11 months ago

No racism fines yet? :/

ananasonastick

June 14 2012, 21:43:12 UTC 11 months ago

2 investigations ongoing but ”No official complaints have been made to Uefa by Italy or Czech Republic."

mors_amor

June 14 2012, 21:43:51 UTC 11 months ago

sorry for the OT, but does anyone know where I can finds pictures of all the squads? I don't mean just the 11 playing each game, but all team.

ananasonastick

June 14 2012, 21:47:13 UTC 11 months ago

which team?

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fleur31

June 14 2012, 21:49:25 UTC 11 months ago Edited:  June 14 2012, 21:54:30 UTC

i feel bad for Balotelli. I know he's a douche but the way he's treated is disgusting.

And aren't the referees supposed to stop the game if they hear any racist chants ?

secondstar

June 14 2012, 21:58:15 UTC 11 months ago

That was what I thought was supposed to happen :(

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vanishing_act18

June 14 2012, 21:51:14 UTC 11 months ago

How the hell did I miss the missiles? Huh? :\

ananasonastick

June 14 2012, 22:05:20 UTC 11 months ago

I blame the media. It's very easy to not to show everything that's happening in the stadiums.

Also - I do not see as much coverage of Irish, Spanish or Croatian hooligans as Polish and Russian in English-written media.

I wonder how many people know about Croatia fans burning EU flag and parading around with posters of a convicted war criminal. Or that after Russia-Poland fights in Warsaw 2 Russia and 2 Spanish fans were sentenced to absolute imprisonment (I hope I wrote it right).

I could go on and on...

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grrliz

June 14 2012, 22:02:55 UTC 11 months ago

Glad we're prioritizing things with those Portugal and Germany fines, UEFA.

seishin

June 15 2012, 03:58:52 UTC 11 months ago

"Look over here! It's new and shiny!" - UEFA

pullhimdown

June 14 2012, 22:14:02 UTC 11 months ago

All teams with racist fans in the matches should have points deducted in the next qualifying campaign. Fines won't do anything to fix it, fans aren't the ones who have to pay and they don't give a fuck as long as their team keeps winning. Start them all off with -6 and you'll see everyone shutting their disgusting racist mouths so it won't happen again.

But nice to see that UEFA is focusing on the REALLY important things, like, heaven forbid, a second-half starting one minute later than it should have (probably because Ronaldo was having a bad hair day lbr). Yet another shiny gold star for you, UEFA.

marsyke

June 15 2012, 06:52:06 UTC 11 months ago Edited:  June 15 2012, 06:52:57 UTC

That's an idea but what about those Italian 'fans'? If you punish Italy for that, you punish the players too, like Balotelli. But the stadium is full of cameras, how hard can it be to identify the misbehaving fans?

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blackjedii

June 14 2012, 22:38:11 UTC 11 months ago Edited:  June 14 2012, 22:43:58 UTC

UEFA actually doing something?
o.o






y'all we're gonna die come December

Except with that said, I'd be more impressed if UEFA
A) had their damn priorities right
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B) Were taking care of the problems that did not directly lead to them getting a payout

ziphertis

June 15 2012, 00:01:07 UTC 11 months ago

Point B is excellent. I firmly believe that UEFA would support any point of view which would lead to them getting payouts.

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meliadoul

June 14 2012, 22:49:28 UTC 11 months ago

That guy is in blackface and dressing up as a F1 car. Odd.

UEFA will, as per usual, do nothing about the racist stuff.

mhfromnh

June 15 2012, 03:17:37 UTC 11 months ago

at least the car bit is clever. you know, cause it's an Italian masterpiece.

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amazon18

June 15 2012, 02:55:21 UTC 11 months ago

I've never watched a Euro tournament before - not that I've seen much of this one, to be honest - working all through the day in North America, I can't see games unless it's the weekend or if I were to record them, and I don't love any of the teams enough to do that. I have to say, and this is obviously an off the cuff remark, but I'm not real impressed with the whole vibe of this event. Are they always this full of BS or is this one just extra special in that regard?

connorblond

June 15 2012, 04:00:14 UTC 11 months ago

The "vibe" of this event. What exactly do you mean by that?

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kapuki234

June 15 2012, 03:58:47 UTC 11 months ago Edited:  June 15 2012, 04:02:09 UTC

motherfucking crazy dumbass racists.

also, german fans are insane. how the hell did they even sneak missiles into the stadium anyway?

misspale

June 15 2012, 05:50:33 UTC 11 months ago

paper missilies I suppose it's easy to sneek a sheet of paper into a stadium

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connorblond

June 15 2012, 03:59:31 UTC 11 months ago

Right, because with Portugal and Germany fans we really need punishment. *rolls eyes* UEFA - really, you disgust me sometimes.

lovelyeli

June 15 2012, 04:43:46 UTC 11 months ago

oy at that blackface

the ignorance...it just makes me want to weap.

verses

June 15 2012, 07:20:07 UTC 11 months ago

Obviously not issue number one, but something that just always confuses me: people throwing toilet paper EARLY in a match when nobody has scored. Where is the benefit? You're just delaying the game for your own team too.

connorblond

June 15 2012, 12:31:02 UTC 11 months ago

I think it's just showing how stupid some people are. *sighs*

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bambinainnero

June 15 2012, 10:27:45 UTC 11 months ago

I honestly don't get it: why (in this specific case) are those italian fans being racist? Balotelli is the only black player in our team, and there has been SO MUCH controversy on the media about him playing (because he's not very liked, he's known to be a hothead, not reliable etc. etc.).. so, seeing those few italian fans who like him (lol) going to the match like this doesn't really strike me as racist. I honestly saw the pic and thought he was their favourite player and they painted their face because of that.

Anyway I just hope the monkey chants stop :( poor Balo.

grrliz

June 15 2012, 10:59:50 UTC 11 months ago

Blackface doesn't suddenly become not racist because you're allegedly "supporting" a black player by wearing it. This is just one of many websites that explain the problematic background of blackface. That these fans likely are unaware of this history doesn't make it less racist (and if they are aware of it, that's an even bigger issue).

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guad

June 15 2012, 11:53:33 UTC 11 months ago

I don't know what to say about the blackface thing. Probably those fans just don't have a clue and it's really meant as a support, in which case I think it's a nice gesture, though sadly a sign of ignorance, but at least they are showing a protest against the racism (by being racists themselves, but uhm, maybe they just don't know). In which case someone should tell them and they can find other ways of supporting Balotelli, and that's it.

If on the other hand, they know the problematic around blackface, then it's not a support but actually another racist issue.

Also, why doesn't anyone sanction Cassano for being homophobic? I'm glad that the racism issue is getting more attention in football, but homophobia is just as bad and much more quiet.

connorblond

June 15 2012, 12:28:11 UTC 11 months ago

Because everyone cares for racism, no fuck cares about homophobia. It's as easy as that. Sadly.

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hexenkessel

June 15 2012, 12:06:26 UTC 11 months ago

I had many many discussions about blackface and I still don't feel it's racism if you intend it to be supportive.

I know about the history of blackface but fans painting their faces black to me is not the "same" blackface as the stereotypical actors with their big lips we saw many years ago.

I'm not a fan of dogmatic views.

misspale

June 15 2012, 12:24:28 UTC 11 months ago

I somehow doubt Mario Balotelli or any other player feels supported by their fans wearing blackface.

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toastercook

June 15 2012, 12:58:44 UTC 11 months ago

What missiles? I only know about the paper things they throw when players take the corner. Either way, those idiots!

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June 15 2012, 16:10:57 UTC 11 months ago

Missiles is the catch-all word for things being thrown onto the pitch.

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connorblond

June 15 2012, 13:57:40 UTC 11 months ago

This may be a completely unrelated comment, but who was the coach who threw a player out for not singing the national anthem?

poodlewhisperer

June 15 2012, 14:40:01 UTC 11 months ago

Serbian NT.

Some sources have mentioned that the problem lies more than just him refusing to sing. He's well... how to put this mildly... have a ~reputation. His club's coach pummeled him in front of cameras last season, it's kinda crazy.

snowyjuly

June 15 2012, 15:50:35 UTC 11 months ago

When PC goes too far...
The "blackface" guys are actually showing their support to Balotelli, and making a statement -against- racism.
They're not required to have an extensive knowledge about particular cultural issues that are very specific to other countries, just as the people who are calling them ignorants seem to have little clue about other countries' cultures outside their own.

melj1213

June 15 2012, 21:37:54 UTC 11 months ago

How is it showing support for Ballotelli?

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x_butterfly19_x

June 15 2012, 16:27:48 UTC 11 months ago

Fair enough on the fine

naked_raccoon

June 15 2012, 16:44:44 UTC 11 months ago

wow ok @ all these comments defending/excusing blackface

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June 15 2012, 16:45:01 UTC 11 months ago



just gonna exit this post now goobye~

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June 15 2012, 17:09:38 UTC 11 months ago

I can't at all of the dumb bitches in this post who are defending racist shit. I'm just going to stick to match posts from now on, because some of y'all are too fucking clueless for an actual discussion.

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