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Barcelona Fined for Clasico Beach Ball Incident

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Nyakundi Report

Newsroom 1 min read

This archive report was first published on 21 December 2019.

On Friday, the Spanish football federation announced that Barcelona have been fined 1,500 euros ($1,660) and warned the Camp Nou could be closed after beach balls were thrown on to the pitch during this week's Clasico against Real Madrid.

The match, which was originally postponed due to violent demonstrations across Catalonia, was held on Wednesday and finished goalless.

However, the game was held up for 90 seconds as Barca made a substitution in the 55th minute due to the objects on the field.

Clashes between Catalan separatists and police outside the ground resulted in 10 people being arrested and more than 60 injured.

Some 3,000 police officers and private security agents had been deployed for the match amid calls for separatists to protest outside Camp Nou during the fixture.

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