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Atletico Madrid Fan Sues UEFA over Sergio Ramos’ Champions League Final Goal
- Updated: November 25, 2016
It can be difficult to accept when your team loses a key match, especially against a bitter rival. But Atletico Madrid fan Jose Antonio Campon is not letting his team’s 2016 UEFA Champions League final loss to Real Madrid go just yet, as he’s ready to sue European football’s governing body over the result.
As reported by Manu de Juan and Aled Byron of AS, the Atletico fan’s gripe lies in the fact that Los Blancos defender Sergio Ramos was offside when he put Real ahead in the Milan showpiece in May. Now he’s looking for damages of €1,660 (£1,412) from UEFA.
“We demand the system to apply technical means that exist and are already used in other sports,” Campon said of the decision to award the goal. “These errors are always to the detriment of the weak.”
The Atletico season-ticket-holder also suggested Ramos’ controversial …