Lazio fined over racist chanting at Spurs

Lazio fined over racist chanting at Spurs

Italian side Lazio were on Friday fined 40,000 euros by UEFA after their fans’ racist abuse during a Europa League clash at Tottenham.

Monkey chants were aimed at three of Tottenham’s black players, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon and Andros Townsend during the 0-0 draw at White Hart Lane on September 20.

Lazio have three days to appeal.

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas had said after the match that UEFA should take action if there was a case to answer.

“UEFA is very active on this kind of situation and our overall objective is to kick racism out of football,” said Villas-Boas.

The fine comes a day after both the English and Serbian federations were charged by UEFA over incidents arising from their stormy Under-21 clash on Tuesday.

England defender Danny Rose claimed he was subjected to monkey chants from the Serbian crowd in Krusevac before the game finished in a brawl involving players ad coaching staff.

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