UEFA Slaps Lyon’s Wrist

By: Inara | March 20th, 2008

Remember when a Lyon fan “attacked” Cristiano Ronaldo with a laser beam during the Champions League knockout rounds?

At the time, the UEFA suits didn’t think it was such a big deal, though after a month of “deliberation,” they’ve decided that shining a laser on a player is an “incident of an unsporting nature.”

UEFA’s way to combat this? By fining Lyon €3,200, the maximum amount UEFA can impose without the possibility of a club appealing (because if Lyon appealed, they’d win).

Shit. Aulas might have to sell Karim Benzema to pay off that debt.

Category: Champions League

Tags: Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, Laser, Lyon, Manchester United, UEFA

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• rougebleu |  March 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

  
  
  

  3,200? haha, I noticed a bunch of other clubs had fees like that. Aulas wipes his ass with more money than that.

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• mikep |  March 20th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

  
  
  

  Give me a break 3200$ because of a laser pointer shinning on him. Uefa is just crazy sometimes.

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• Inara |  March 20th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

  
  
  

  Guys, we now have a St. Etienne Offside blog! My dream of French domination of the Offside is taking another step in the right direction.

  Stop by and say hello to Richard here: http://etienne.theoffside.com

  Now if only we had someone to blog for Monaco and Bordeaux…

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• Ronald |  March 20th, 2008 at 8:56 pm

  
  
  

  well, back home lol.

  Inara- ” Shit. Aulas might have to sell Karim Benzema to pay off that debt. ”

  Do i sense a hint of Sarcasm lol.

  Plus i didnt think the Laser was much of an issue, by looking at the photo – He looks better with all the green stuff in his face lol.

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• Richard |  March 21st, 2008 at 6:42 am

  
  
  

  thanks Inara!

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• Shazback |  March 21st, 2008 at 7:24 am

  
  
  

  Richard! Welcome to TheOffside. Inara, can you put him “in the loop”?

  *wink wink*

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• Richard |  March 21st, 2008 at 10:12 am

  
  
  

  the loop?

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• Jao |  March 21st, 2008 at 11:27 pm

  
  
  

  chump change

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