Marko Arnautovic has been given a one-match ban for insulting another player during Austria’s 3-1 victory over North Macedonia at Euro 2020.
On Tuesday June 15, it was revealed that UEFA had appointed an ethics and disciplinary inspector to investigate Arnautovic’s outburst and there were suggestions that if he was found guilty, he could miss the tournament.
He allegedly made a racial slur following his late strike, saying ‘I’m f***ing your Albanian mother’ in the direction of Ezgjan Alioski, according to Koha.
But UEFA’s ruling makes no reference to racism, saying the tournament organisers said in a statement that its appeals” body had decided to “suspend Austrian Football Association player, Marko Arnautovic, for the next (1) UEFA representative team competition match for which he would be otherwise eligible, for insulting another player”.