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Eight Leicester fans handed four-month jail terms

Eight Leicester City supporters were handed four-month suspended prison terms on Thursday after fighting and violence marred their team's Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid.

Eight Leicester fans handed four-month jail terms
The Leicester fans were arrested after their team's match against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. Photo: Gerard Julien/AFP

Madrid prosecutors said that the cases had been quickly dealt with as a result of the fans involved admitting the charges in exchange for a more lenient sentence.

The Leicester fans were in the Spanish capital for Wednesday's quarter-final first leg which the home side won 1-0.

Social media videos had shown a blue smoke bomb was let off while objects were also thrown at police in the Plaza Mayor, a popular tourist stopping off point, where supporters of the English champions had congregated.

Spanish police said eight Leicester fans were arrested for “causing a mess” on Tuesday night.

“We are working with Uefa and the local authorities to establish the full facts of what took place and the reasons for the police response,” a Leicester spokesman said on Thursday.

“We will also be liaising with travelling supporters before deciding on any course of action.”

Fans claimed police used tear gas and rubber bullets against them as tensions boiled over in Spain and accused the authorities of being overzealous.

Leicester's official fan allocation was around 2,800, but it is believed there were several thousand who travelled to Madrid without tickets.

Some Leicester supporters managed to buy tickets in the home ends of the Vicente Calderon, while Atletico also had a neutral zone at the stadium.

Three police officers and two English fans were injured in clashes.

The eight who were charged appeared in a Madrid court after spending close to 40 hours in detention.

RACISM

VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

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The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

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