Legia Warsaw’s Champions League opener against Borussia Dortmund couldn’t have gone any worse for the Polish club. On top of being defeated 6-0, they’ve been retroactively charged by UEFA with six offenses stemming from crowd trouble.
Fireworks, allegations of racist chanting and ultras armed with pepper spray all contributed to the charges. Warsaw ultras were captured on camera trying to break into the away section armed with pepper spray. Their attempt was rebuffed by stadium security, but the stewards tasked with holding the ultras back suffered the brunt of the violence.
Legia Warsaw fans filmed spraying UEFA stewards with pepper spray in match with Dortmund pic.twitter.com/Xe4C2CNpPK
— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) September 14, 2016
UEFA is set to hear Legia’s case on September 28th. A home match played behind closed doors seems like the appropriate action at this point.
(H/T: Vice Sports)
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