UEFA have handed Marseille a partial stadium closure punishment over a series of incidents in their 1-0 defeat at home Atalanta in the Champions League, European football’s governing body announced on Saturday.
Home fans at the Stade Velodrome on November 5 had set off flares, thrown projectiles and used lasers.
UEFA fined Marseille 71,000 euros ($82,500) and ordered them to close a part of the south stand for the Champions League match against Newcastle on November 25.
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Goalkeeping coach Alexandre Salvat was given a two-match ban for insulting an official during the Atalanta match.
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