Overview
- UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body fined Real Madrid €15,000 and ordered a partial closure of 500 seats in the lower south stand for one UEFA home game, suspended for one year.
- A supporter was filmed making a Nazi salute before the Feb. 25 second leg against Benfica at the Bernabéu.
- Real Madrid identified the individual from the broadcast, expelled him from the stadium and began expulsion proceedings from club membership.
- The incident followed Vinícius Júnior’s allegation of racial abuse in the first leg, with Gianluca Prestianni receiving a provisional one‑match ban that was upheld on appeal as the inquiry continues.
- UEFA has recently applied comparable sanctions for similar gestures, including a €30,000 fine for Tottenham Hotspur, indicating firmer enforcement on discriminatory conduct.