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Legia Warsaw banner costs £63k in Uefa fine

Legia Warsaw have been fined €80,000 (£63,000) for displaying a giant banner criticising Uefa.

The club revealed that Uefa’s disciplinary panel had cried foul over the protest during last week’s Europa League play-off against Kazakh team Aktobe at a hearing on Thursday.

The stand-sized banner showed a pig standing in front of a Uefa badge with the slogan: “Because football doesn’t matter. Money does.”

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