Real Madrid has received a boost after four players forbidden avoided their Champions League quarterfinals collision with Arsenal.
The Spanish giants have to travel to the Emirates next Tuesday, before they organize the Gunners in the return bone eight days later.
UEFA announced last week that they had started an investigation into the behavior of Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius JR, Antonio Rudiger and Dani Ceballos in the aftermath of Real's Penalty Shootout winning in Atletico last month.
Mbappe was accused of touching his sexual organs in a derogatory way, Vinicius Jr would be collided during and after the game with Atletico fans, while Rudiger has made a throat-dependent gesture. Ceballos was also accused of making an offensive gesture.
All four players will be available to play against Arsenal after the findings of UEFA have been published on Friday.
Rudiger has received a fine of a fine of £ 33.958 (€ 40,000), Mbappe £ 25.466 (€ 30,000) and Ceballos £ 16,977 (€ 20,000) for 'breaking the rules of decent behavior'.
Rudiger and Mbappe are both European suspensions of one match that were suspended for a year and will only be activated with repeated infringement.
In the meantime, Vinicius JNR had not established a disciplinary charges against him.
Real boss Carlo Ancelotti was determined last week that his players have nothing illegal and convinced that they would not be punished.
“We have faith in the UEFA research,” said Ancelotti. “We are waiting for a statement, but our players have done nothing wrong.”
“We have faith in the UEFA verdict as the players had just celebrated, that's it.”
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