UEFA opens disciplinary against Maccabi Haifa and Rakow after ‘Murderers since 1939’ banner flashpoint

August 18 – Israel’s Maccabi Haifa and Poland’s Rakow Czestochowa have been charged by UEFA following the Conference League playoff game on Thursday that saw Haifa fans unveil a banner that incited a confrontation with Rakow Czestochowa that turned into a minor brawl.

The Maccabi Haifa banner read ‘Murderers since 1939’ in English shown – a clear jibe at the Poles for the treatment of jews and the death camps of the Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War. 

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