{"id":302322,"date":"2023-12-13T20:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302322"},"modified":"2023-12-13T20:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T20:25:50","slug":"legia-fans-banned-from-five-european-away-games-following-villa-mayhem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/legia-fans-banned-from-five-european-away-games-following-villa-mayhem\/","title":{"rendered":"Legia fans banned from five European away games following Villa mayhem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Legia Warsaw fans banned from next five European away games and Polish club fined \u00a386,000 following violent clashes at Aston Villa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Police charged 46 men after Legia Warsaw fans clashed with police last month<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Polish club fined \u00a386,000 and ordered to pay for the damage done to Villa Park<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mauricio Pochettino looks bewildered! Serial winners are the SIXTH best team in London &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Legia Warsaw<span>\u00a0fans have been banned from attending their club\u2019s next five European away games following the violent scenes that marred last month\u2019s Europa Conference League clash with Aston Villa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Polish club were also fined \u00a3100,000 (\u00a386,000) and ordered to pay for the damage done to Villa Park during the incidents that took place before and during the tie on November 30.<\/p>\n<p>A UEFA statement said: \u2018UEFA\u2019s disciplinary committee has decided to fine Legia Warsaw \u20ac100,000 and to ban Legia Warsaw from selling tickets to its away supporters for its next five UEFA competition matches, for crowd disturbances, acts of damage, throwing of objects and lighting of fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The committee has also decided to order Legia Warszawa to contact Aston Villa FC within 30 days for the settlement of the damages caused by its supporters, i.e. for the broken high fences and the broken lighting pole.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Police charged 46 men after Legia Warsaw fans clashed with police, with missiles and flares thrown at officers as supporters were held in a coach park near the ground before they were due to enter the stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/15\/78502289-12817687-image-a-7_1701529588778.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Legia Warsaw ultras clashed with fans and ranks of police outside Villa Park last month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/15\/78502309-12817687-image-a-6_1701529578897.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Away fans were not let into Villa Park to see the 2-1 following disturbances outside the ground<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/15\/78502293-12817687-Police_were_set_on_fire_with_flare_and_five_officers_were_injure-a-1_1701532348856.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An officer was set on fire from a flare and five officers were injured before the Euro tie<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>West Midlands Police said four officers were injured and, although the game started on time, no Legia fans were allowed in ahead of kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the violent clashes, Villa stewards also removed several people believed to be away supporters from the home stands while footage on social media appeared to show objects being thrown into the stadium from outside.<\/p>\n<p>Villa made an official complaint to UEFA regarding the behaviour of the Legia supporters after the 2-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12860711\/Legia-Warsaw-fans-banned-five-European-away-games-Polish-club-fined-86-000-following-violent-clashes-Aston-Villa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legia Warsaw fans banned from next five European away games and Polish club fined \u00a386,000 following violent clashes at Aston <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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