The entity that governs world football announced the amount that the Federation must pay.
Colombia News.
The International Federation of Associated Football (FIFA) issued a statement this Monday in which it announced sanctions for several teams due to discriminatory acts in official matches.
The entity that governs this sport at the orbital level announced that one of those affected by this fine is the Colombian National Team.
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According to the statement of this body based in Zurich, Switzerland; The fans who attended the matches between Colombia vs. Peru and Colombia vs. Bolivia, played in March at the Metropolitan Stadium in the city of Barranquilla, committed discriminatory acts against the protagonists of the match.
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“Several member associations have been sanctioned due to the abusive behavior of their respective supporters,” says an excerpt from the bulletin of the FIFA.
The determination made by FIFA to fine Colombia originated in the match against the Peruvians, a match that ended in a 0-1 defeat for the squad led by Professor Reinaldo Rueda.
At the end of the match, a whistle fell in the stadium and some objects were thrown onto the pitch.
It should be noted from that match, the image of James Rodríguez direct to the locker room asking the public not to whistle the team.
For these facts, FIFA fined the national team 25,000 Swiss francs (102 million pesos).
In addition, in an upcoming match you will not be able to have the full capacity of the stadium.
Likewise, the same body sanctioned the Colombian Football Federation with another 30,000 Swiss francs. About 122 million pesos for the discriminatory acts in the match played against Bolivia on March 24 of this year.
In total there are 224 million pesos that Colombia must pay, added to the matches with restricted spectators.
It should be noted that the Colombian National Team could not qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, being relegated from the orbital event that will be played in the months of November and December of this year and now receives the news of this economic sanction.
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