Lithuania was fined for the racist poster of fans

UEFA fined Lithuania for 15 thousand Swiss francs (12 thousand US dollars) for a banner of racist content, which the fans of the Baltic team were hung on the stadium stands in Kaunas during the Euro-2008 qualifying tournament against France.

During the game, which took place on March 24 and ended with the victory of the guests with a score of 1: 0 (the goal scored a dark -skinned striker of the French Nicolas Anelka), the Lithuanian fans were hung on the rostrum an image of the African continent, painted in the color of the national flag of France, and the inscription "Welcome to Europe".

Lithuania has three days to protest UEFA, but, apparently, this will not be done. “We hoped that the punishment would bypass us, but we took this incident in UEFA with all seriousness,” Lutaras Varanavichus Rian.ru quoted the words of the President of the Lutaras Football Federation.