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German AGF striker handed two-match suspension for celebrating Danish title with flares

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Svend Bertil Frandsen

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AGF striker Janni Serra has been handed a two-match ban for celebrating the Danish Superliga title last season by holding flares.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/serra-janni-luca/Sj1nU4Ob/"]Janni Serra[/a] from reigning champions AGF in May celebrated winning the Danish title by holding a flare along with a number of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aarhus/OOXnKGbO/"]Aarhus[/a] supporters. [/p][p]This has caused the German striker to be handed a two-match suspension by the Disciplinary Committee of the Danish FA. The Committee says that the suspension cannot be appealed. [/p][embed guid="1885a249-ecf7-4366-af1f-1a732490c946" url="https://x.com/campodk/status/2074069632244150526" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"We strongly condemn the use of pyrotechnics", said AGF in a press release in May. "It is illegal and even though it happened in a moment of understandable euphoria, it was wrong and ill-considered by Janni (Serra, ed.), and we will naturally address this with him internally"[/b], stated Football Director Carsten V. Jensen to media Aarhus Stiftstidende.[/p][p]Serra will miss AGF's matches against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brondby/67R5vKqt/"]Brondby IF[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/odense/tUXLozTN/"]Lyngby Boldklub[/a].[/p]

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