Jude Bellingham, who was fined €30,000 (£25,400) and banned for one match by UEFA for making an obscene gesture after England’s dramatic equalizer against Slovakia, will face Switzerland on Saturday.
Bellingham was shown on television kissing his right hand before making a gesture of grabbing his crotch. He said it was an “inside joke on some close friends who were at the game” and was in no way directed at Slovakia’s bench.
UEFA’s control, ethics and disciplinary body found him to have “violated fundamental rules of decent conduct” and said of his ban, which will apply to any match within its jurisdiction: “The above suspension does not Execution will be immediate and will be subject to a trial period.
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UEFA fined the FA 10,000 euros for crowd disorder and 1,000 euros for England fans setting off fireworks at the same match.
