Manchester United are anticipated to be penalized by UEFA after some followers threw objects at Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone after Tuesday’s 1-0 loss.
Simeone knocked United out of the Champions League and sprinted straight down the tunnel, barely avoiding a deluge of bottles, cups and a bunch of different objects throughout the course of.
Referee Slavko Vincic was additionally the goal of the identical projectiles when he left the pitch, and he’ll now replicate on the incidents involving each himself and Simeone in his post-match report back to UEFA.
The Times notes that the European governing physique anticipated that report on Wednesday and can quickly resolve whether or not to prosecute United or not.
There are a few of UEFA’s disciplinary rules that particularly embrace throwing objects from the gang, the place Tottenham had been not too long ago fined after followers had been seen throwing projectiles in December.
After the match, Simeone claimed to have missed the objects thrown from the stands.
“When I came off the field, I ran because I was happy,” he stated. “And I like to enjoy it in the locker room, so I do not know what happened … all I thought about was getting into the locker room, and I was really happy.”
As for Vincic, his efficiency throughout the match acquired numerous criticism from the followers and United’s interim supervisor Ralf Rangnick didn’t maintain again with a scathing overview of the Slovenian official.
“It was difficult in the second half and was always interrupted,” he stated. – There was at all times somebody mendacity on the flooring. I’d additionally say some curious referee choices.
“I would not say they were decisive, but he fell at least too often for these time-consuming antics and four minutes at the end was a joke for me. I do not know if we were naive against a team like Atletico who are champions in that style of “Football, it is tough. You need to break by that wall not directly. We should not have probably the most bodily groups to interrupt by partitions. You want physicality.”
