CAS supported the appeal of the Spanish giants against a fine for discriminatory chants of fans during the Champions League match.

Real Madrid has received legal damage from the highest sports authority. The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne upheld the UEFA decision to punish the club for the behavior of its fans during the match against Manchester City, since they were making homophobic comments at the address of the head coach of the super teams, Pep Guardioli..

The CAS judges ruled that these actions were not of a serious discriminatory nature and could not be justified as. The Madrid club is about to commit a crime: The fine is 30,000 euros (35,000 US dollars). A domestic term that conveys the frequent closure of the stadium at the hour of one of the home matches of the Champions League in a repeated incident..

During the hour of the Champions League match, some of the Real Madrid fans chanted colorful chants. They called Guardiola skinny and a drug addict and drew attention to his presence in the famous gay district of Madrid.

The expert obtained from the court, having noted that these words are small on the intent to expand the assumption, that the Barcelona extrainer of HIV/SNID infections. The chant was recorded on video, as the organization Fare Network (a partner of FIFA and UEFA in monitoring discrimination) transmitted as evidence.

Lawyers for the Spanish club tried to convey that Varto’s chants should be seen in the context of humorous and over-the-top jokes directed at public figures. From the very beginning, the club started noticing what Manchester City fans could sing, and also criticizing Fare for its shortcomings..

Lawyers for the European football body have said that homophobia casts a long and deeply troubling shadow over a sport that has suffered for decades from a culture of machismo and advances.. UEFA also agreed to Real Madrid that the club wants to be a leader in the fight against discrimination, and not to hire expensive lawyers for the sake of a fine that would amount to less than 0.03% of their prize money from Liza champions.

Having learned from this situation, the Madrid club held preventive meetings with fan groups before the bitter match against Manchester City,.