This season, Chelsea are playing in the UEFA Conference League. So far, they have won almost all the matches and are sitting at the top of the table, just above the Italian club, Fiorentina. After seeing such dominating performances, Chelsea fans are expecting that Enzo Maresca will be able to win this title.
Among all of these incidents, UEFA has provided another good news to the Blues. The European football authority has fined the Belgian club Gent, where they will pay a certain amount of compensation to the Blues. According to football.london, Gent will pay a compensation of €40,000 (£33,000). In addition to this, the club will pay a fine of £11 for each person who was involved in the incident. It is being said that the total compensation is slightly less than the wage of Chelsea backup goalkeeper, Marcus Betinelli.
Why are Chelsea receiving compensation?
When the Gent were playing against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge, they lost the match with a scoreline of 4-2. The Belgian fans didn’t accept this defeat and expressed their anger in the stadium. Multiple media sources are claiming that they broke the chairs and pluck them out of their place. During the match, the Gent fans were throwing the broken chairs on the pitch.
All of these incidents happened in the away end of the stadium. After seeing such behavior, the Chelsea fans didn’t stand still. They were protesting against this nonsense, but the police officers restrained them.
After the match, this behavior didn’t go unnoticed. Now, UEFA has announced a hefty compensation at the Belgian club. For a club like Gent, this is a massive financial loss. They might have invested this money for the player’s wages. Instead of that, they are wasting it for their own mistake.
Other incidents
After a few days, an official statement regarding this incident was released. It said that the London Police arrested some fans during the incident. After a thorough investigation, it was proved that Gent fans were the main culprits behind all these damages at Stamford Bridge. For that, their club will pay 40,000 euros.
On the other hand, Chelsea were also fined £3,750 because their fans threw objects at the Gent fans. The entire stadium was heating up during the half-time break. In the meantime, Enzo Maresca and his players were delaying to come on the pitch. The match officials were warning them again and again, but this delay was completely unavoidable as safety is the main priority.
After the match, Gent fans thought that their behavior would go unnoticed. This didn’t happen as UEFA intervened in this incident. After hearing all the results of a thorough investigation, they have taken a bold step against the Belgian club. On the other hand, Chelsea were fined a small amount of money.
After this punishment, the fans will think twice before doing any nonsense behavior during or after a match. Chelsea might have faced another fine if Enzo Maresca delayed the game any further.
Chelsea vs. Gent: in details
After the first half, the Blues were leading with one goal. In the second half, the scoreline changed drastically because the Blues scored four goals whereas the Belgian club scored twice. Surprisingly, the son of Chelsea legend Eidur Gudjohnsen was playing for Gent, and his father was present at the Stamford Bridge. He impressed the spectators with his goal-scoring threats.
But Chelsea humbled the opponent fans by running riot on the Belgian club. They breached and crushed the Gent backline. Former Paris Saint-Germain attacker Christopher Nkunku put a nail in the coffin after scoring the fourth goal for Chelsea. The opponent defenders were clueless against the Blues. So, the fans were trying to motivate their players by doing some vulgur activities.
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