Barca fans barred from Champions League away game over racist banner
Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Dani Olmo (R) celebrates with Barcelona's Spanish forward Lamine Yamal scoring his team's second goal during the Spanish league football match between Rayo Vallecano de Madrid and FC Barcelona on August 27, 2024. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP)
Fans of the Spanish club displayed a "Flick Heil" sign, echoing the Nazis' "Sieg Heil", in reference to their club's German coach Hansi Flick as they played at Monaco on September 19.
"FC Barcelona reject any type of justification for violence," the club said in a statement, adding it "will both comply with and apply this sanction".
"The club is set to strengthen current measures and adopt suitable further initiatives to prevent future occurrences and apply sanctions to those responsible," the statement added.
Barcelona's next away game is at Serbian club Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade on November 6. They lost the game at Monaco 2-1.
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