EThe UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body announced the current charges against Jude Bellingham after the knockout stage between England and Slovakia Euro 2024. The footballer will have to pay a fine of 30,000 euros and the postponed sansin match that he will be able to fulfill over the next period equivalent to one year.
This means that Bellingham will be able to play the quarterfinals against Switzerland on Saturday and this The match of sansin is subject to the fact that next year I will not make another similar gesture, because in this case I will be punished.
The English footballer made an obscene gesture after Chile scored the equalizer against Slovakia in the knockout stages of the European Championship, despite He wanted to clarify that he was not against the bench for the Slovak national team: “it’s an inside joke.”
Bellingham and England, punished
The English footballer was accused of “Violation of the Basic Rules of decent behavior, Article 11 (2) (B) of the Criminal Code“That is why the decision of” 30,000 euros was announced and suspended for a total of one competitive match in UEFA for which he could have been eligible for violation of the Basic Rules of decent behavior. The said suspension is not carried out immediately and is subject to a probationary period of one (1) year, calculated from the date of this decision”.
Although he was not the only one punished since the selection of England – his union-he also suffered a penalty of 11,000 euros for “disturbances in the audience” and “lighting fireworks” during the same match.
Two matches with the Turkish mireh Demiral
It was not the only knockout match at the European Championship that was the subject of penalties. The Austria-Turkey there were also consequences for the choice of Turkey , in particular, for Mireh Demiral.
A football player must comply with two sansin matches in the ” UEFA representative team competitions for non-compliance with the general principles of Conduct, violation of the Basic Rules of decent behavior, the use of sporting events for demonstrations of an unsportsmanlike nature and discrediting the sport of football.”
Why can Bellingham and Demiral play not in euros?
UEFA considers that Demiral made a political gesture at his celebration and thus violated “the Basic Rules of decent behavior, for using sporting events for demonstrations of an unsportsmanlike nature and discrediting the sport of football”. It is a sign that corresponds to the ‘gray wolves’ movement, a Turkish far-right movement. Therefore, Demiral will not face low passes or in a possible semi-final.
In Bellingham’s case it was not a celebration of a political component, But simply Fiol “Basic Rules of decent behavior”.
