Overview
- Broadcast cameras showed a spectator performing a Nazi salute moments before kickoff of the Champions League return leg against Benfica at the Bernabéu.
- Club security identified the individual immediately after the images aired and expelled him from the stadium.
- Real Madrid opened a disciplinary file and asked its Commission of Discipline to begin an immediate expulsion of the member.
- In an official statement, the club condemned gestures that incite violence and hatred and reiterated its opposition to racism while offering to collaborate with competent authorities.
- A video published by EsDiario and cited by El Periódico showed the supporter later claiming he left voluntarily and denying links to Nazism.