Shakhtar Donetsk and AEK Larnaca fined by UEFA over discriminatory behaviour by fans

[p]Cypriot ‌club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aek-larnaca/4lUZQCQq/"]Larnaca[/a] were fined 50,000 euros ($58,680) and also ‌face a partial closure ⁠of ‌their stadium for their next UEFA ​club competition home fixture, for their fans' ​chants during the round-of-16 tie with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Palace[/a] in ⁠March.[/p][p]Ukraine's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/shakhtar/4ENWX2OA/"]Shakhtar[/a] ​were handed a 30,000-euro fine and their partial stadium closure was suspended for ‌a probationary period of two years for what UEFA described as an "illicit banner" displayed during the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/shakhtar-donetsk-4ENWX2OA/?mid=fJED9IaU"]semi-final first leg in April[/a], when their home leg was played in Krakow, ‌Poland.[/p][embed guid="a65890aa-ff58-4290-99b4-b3335c63a3a1" url="https://x.com/FCShakhtar/status/2054129293173862448" social-type="twitter" /][p]Shakhtar were also fined ​4,000 euros for the ‌lighting of fireworks.[/p][p]Crystal Palace will play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rayo-vallecano/8bcjFy6O/"]Rayo Vallecano[/a] in the Conference League final on May 27 in ⁠Leipzig.[/p]