Montenegro was awarded the defeat in the match against Russia – BBC Russian

• 8 April 2015

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Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has awarded the team of Montenegro technical defeat with the score 0: 3 in the match against Russia, which was interrupted in the second half because of the behavior of Montenegrin fans.

Montenegro national team was also ordered to carry out without spectators following two matches of the qualifying round of the European Championship.

In addition to the Montenegrin team UEFA punished and Russian Football Union, fined him 25,000 euros for the behavior of fans.

match between Montenegro and Russia, which was held in Podgorica on 27 March was interrupted after 20 seconds after the start due to the fact that the cast from the podium Fire hit the back Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. Despite the fact that the goalkeeper needed replacement, the match was decided to resume.

However, in the second half of the match was finally terminated due to the fact that the Montenegrin football fans continued to throw various objects from the stands. The immediate reason for the cancellation of the match was ranked in the Russian football coin.

The award of Montenegro forfeiture allows the Russian team to get three points and climb to the third group. Total Russian national team scored eight points. It is one point behind Sweden and four – from the Austrian national team, which is headed by the group.