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Real Madrid stars Mbappe and Rudiger handed one-match Uefa ban – but penalty will NOT be enforced for Arsenal clash

Published on April 04, 2025 at 02:35 PM

REAL MADRID stars Kylian Mbappe and Antonio Rudiger have been cleared to face Arsenal in next week’s Champions League quarter-final – after escaping with SUSPENDED bans.

Uefa launched an investigation last week after Atletico Madrid accused the duo and team-mates Vinicius Jr and Dani Ceballos of “indecent conduct”; following their shoot-out win in the last 16 tie at the Metropolitano.

Screenshot of a soccer player adjusting his shorts.
Kylian Mbappe grabbed his nether regions as Real Madrid celebrated in front of Atletico fans

Former Chelsea defender Rudiger, who scored the decisive penalty, was accused of making a throat-slitting gesture to home supporters.

French ace Mbappe, who had earlier missed a spot-kick in normal time but converted in the shoot-out, was reported for touching his genitals in a clearly derogatory manner.

Vinicius, long targeted by rival fans and who has been a regular victim of racist abuse, was involved in two separate confrontations with Atletico supporters before and after the shoot-out while Ceballos aimed a one-armed gesture with a clenched fist at home fans.

That raised the prospect of the quartet all being suspended for the first leg of the tie with the Gunners at the Emirates on Tuesday.

A probe saw a Uefa Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector decide there was no case to answer for Vinicius Jr while the other three were accused of “violating the basic rules of decent conduct”;.

But now Uefa’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body has backed off serious action despite finding the three players guilty.

Rudiger was handed a one-match ban, suspended for 12 months, and fined £34,000, with Mbappe given the same suspended punishment and fined around £25,000, with Caballos facing no ban and ordered to pay £17,000.

A Uefa statement read: “

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