UEFA orders Lyon to close stadium for Champions League game | Inquirer Sports

UEFA orders Lyon to close stadium for Champions League game

/ 10:56 PM August 27, 2018

Lyon’s Martin Terrier celebrates after he scored a goal against Strasbourg during their French League One soccer match in Decines, near Lyon, central France, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has ordered Lyon to play its first Champions League group-stage home game in an empty stadium as punishment for crowd disorder and racism in last season’s Europa League.

European soccer’s ruling body says it deferred a second stadium closure for a two-year probationary period, and fined Lyon 100,000 euros ($116,000).

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Lyon will find out its Champions League opponents when the draw is made on Thursday in Monaco.

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The French club had faced even tougher sanctions following persistent crowd trouble in the 2016-17 Europa League campaign.

The latest UEFA disciplinary case came after the Europa League round of 16, second leg against CSKA Moscow in March.

Lyon lost 3-2, was eliminated on away goals and missed the chance to feature in the final at its home ground.

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