Antonio Rudiger, Kylian Mbappe, Dani Ceballos and Vinicius Junior have avoided bans for next week’s Champions League quarter-final with Arsenal despite a UEFA investigation over their conduct.
The Champions League holders won a fiercely-contested last-16 tie with their capital city rivals on penalties – and in controversial fashion, with Julian Alvarez’s shoot-out effort ruled out after officials judged he had touched the ball twice.
Rudiger struck the winning penalty to set up the quarter-final tie against Arsenal, the first leg of which will be held at the Emirates Stadium next Tuesday. The Real Madrid quartet were looked into over allegations of indecent conduct made during the post-match celebrations.
Television pictures appeared to show Rudiger making a throat-cutting gesture towards the crowd and Mbappe apparently grabbing his crotch.
UEFA appointed a special inspector to investigate the quartet. Their findings were published on Friday and saw Rudiger fined €40,000, Mbappe €30,000 and Ceballos €20,000 for ‘violating the rules of decent conduct’.
Rudiger and Mbappe have also been handed one-match European suspensions – but these bans have been suspended for a year, and will not be activated without a repeat offence.
Vinicius was cleared of all wrongdoing and had no disciplinary charges brought against him.