Palmeiras fined for half-time gas attack on their title-chasing rivals Sao Paulo
Brazilian club Palmeiras has been fined £3,000 for releasing a poisonous gas into the away dressing room at half-time of a crucial match last season.
During a semi-final second-leg in April, visiting team Sao Paolo had to come back out on to the pitch during the half-time interval because they were unable to breathe properly in the dressing room.
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They ended the match losing 2-0 and still complaining of breathing difficulties while Palmeira went on to win the Paulista Championship.
Palmeiras claimed the gas could have been released by a fans through small windows linking the underground dressing rooms with spectator areas but a three-man tribunal ruled that, such was the quantity of the gas, this was not a probable.
The club, managed by David Beckham’s former coach at Real Madrid Wanderley Luxemburgo, was must also serve a two-match ban.
