Toulouse Asks UEFA To Investigate Treatment Of Its Fans In Lisbon – News18

TOULOUSE, France: French soccer membership Toulouse has requested UEFA to research the remedy of its followers forward of the primary leg of the playoff for the Europa League’s spherical of 16 towards Benfica in Lisbon on Thursday.

Toulouse mentioned Friday that the membership obtained a number of witness accounts from its 3,250 touring followers about “inappropriate” remedy by “Portuguese authorities” earlier than the sport, together with what it known as extreme searches and acts of intimidation.

It didn’t specify the place the alleged incidents befell.

“Toulouse takes this information very seriously and fully intends its supporters’ voices to be heard,” the highest-tier membership mentioned. “We therefore ask those affected by this to contact the relevant authorities (the French Embassy in Lisbon or the Foreign Ministry).”

Toulouse concluded the assertion by saying it hoped UEFA will open a “thorough investigation.”

Benfica gained the primary leg 2-1.

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