Football club Cologne will have to pay 60 thousand euros because of the riots during the away match of the League of Europe with Arsenal.
On the punishment of Cologne reports The Daily Mail. "Kozlam" will have to pay 60 thousand euros fine. In addition, the club is punished conditionally - if this happens again for two years, Cologne will not be able to sell tickets for away games. In addition, the German side is obliged to contact Arsenal for compensation of losses to the "Gunners".
Duel of Group H between Arsenal and Cologne was delayed for an hour after the stowaways of the Germans tried to enter the stadium. "Kozlam" allocated 3 thousand tickets for this match, and fans came about 20 thousand. That night the police detained 5 fans.
In the end, several thousand Germans sat on sectors with the English. However, this did not lead to any skirmishes between them.
Cologne was punished for riots, the use of pyrotechnics, throwing objects and damaging the receiving side.
Arsenal was accused of blocking passages to guest sectors, but the UEFA disciplinary committee decided not to open a case.
The fight ended in a strong-willed victory of Arsenal with a score of 3: 1.