Football news - Atletico Madrid fined for offensive chants against Barcelona's Griezmann

ByReuters

Updated 26/02/2020 at 20:41 GMT

Atletico Madrid have been fined 12,000 euros by the Spanish soccer federation due to their supporters targeting offensive chants at Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann at a Liga match between the sides last December.

Antoine Griezmann (FC Barcelone)

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A statement from the federation's competition committee on Wednesday confirmed the fine for the chanting, following a complaint from La Liga. The referee's report from the game on Dec. 1 did not make any reference to the chanting.

The league's organising body has been cracking down on offensive chanting since a Deportivo La Coruna fan died following violence before a game away to Atletico in 2014.

Griezmann spent five seasons at Atletico before joining Barca in July after the Spanish champions paid the France forward's 120 million-euro release clause.

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