Russia likely to be expelled from Euro 2016 after further crowd trouble against Slovakia

Russia are on the brink of being expelled from
UEFA Euro 2016, after a further incident of
crowd trouble in their Group B encounter
against Slovakia. A flare was lit in stand housing
Russian fans, which are against UEFA
regulations, and the governing body might come
down hard on Russia after serving a warning
explicitly forbidding further incidents earlier.
English journalists covering the game were the
first to report the sightings of the flare, tweeting
that Russia face expulsion for the act:
BREAKING: Russia to be expelled from
#EURO2016 with a flare set off in
Russian supporters end. Shocking.
pic.twitter.com/3Re66BOj5g
— Jason Lynch (@JasonLynchSport)
June 15, 2016
Lone red flare in the Russia end as their
side get one back. That's against UEFA
regs, of course.
3:37 PM - 15 Jun 2016
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Owen Gibson
@owen_g
The flare was lit after substitute D. Glushakov
scored a goal that brought the Russians back
into the tie, after Vladimir Weiss and Marek
Hamsik scored to give Slovakia a 2-0 lead.
Russia were unable to ultimately find the
equaliser and face their situation worsening,
with UEFA regulations prohibiting flares, which
is likely to place them on the brink of
elimination.
UEFA have yet to confirm the suspension, but
there will be renewed scrutiny on the Russians
after the trouble caused by their fans in this
tournament so far.
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UEFA had handed ‘suspended’ disqualification
to Russia earlier
Russian fans have been one of the most
involved in trouble so far, and UEFA had taken
them to task, punishing them with a ‘suspended’
disqualification and a €150,000 earlier.
The UEFA statement had noted that “the
suspension will be lifted if incidents of a similar
nature (crowd disturbances) happen.”
Breaking: #Rus handed suspended
disqualification from #Euro2016 (until end
of tournament) and fined €150,000
11:53 AM - 14 Jun 2016
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Guardian sport
@guardian_sport
Flares in the crowd are against UEFA
regulations, and thus Russia are likely to be
thrown out of UEFA Euro 2016. After Russian
fans broke through security barriers to battle
with English fans at the Stade Velodrome, one
would assume that they would have refrained
from further crowd trouble.
However, flares are incredibly common in the
stadiums of Russia and might have been
considered a ‘normal’ gesture of celebration,
although they are prohibited from being brought
into the stadiums in France.
There is barely any defending argument that
Russia can make and thus they are on the brink
of expulsion from Euro 2016.