Thursday, April 9, 2015

UEFA’s decision increases the chances of Russian national football team – BBC News

UEFA verdict on the scandalous match in Podgorica, when Montenegrin fans were burning Fire in Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. Balkan team counted forfeited, two games without spectators and a fine of fifty thousand euros. By the way, the Russian Football Union will also have to pay something.

Justice has triumphed, or bad things you have to pay. This story could begin with any such journalistic stamp. Bottom line – one in qualifying match for the European Championship in 2016 between Montenegro and Russia balkantsev forfeited with a score of 0: 3.

Recall that the game, which was held in Podgorica on 27 March was not the fault of abandoned during play Montenegrin fans. In the first minute of the game one of the local fans threw fireballs from the podium, which came in the face of Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfiev. After this incident, the chief match referee Deniz Aytekin led the German team to podtribunnogo room, and Igor was hospitalized. Half an hour later the game resumed.

“Of course those calls that were, so we left the field, did not come out for the match, were wrong – said sports minister Vitaly Mutko. – Then we really would be punished, because that we have fulfilled the decision that issued the authorized person from UEFA. Here our team acted very correctly and courageously – came out on the field. The game turned in the kind of a farce, because infinitely long breaks, instead of 15 minutes, 30 of course be adjusted in such a match on the game very difficult.

But in the 67th minute when the score was 0: 0 German referee Deniz Aytekin yet signaled the end of the game, after a defender of Russia Dmitry Kombarova from the podium was thrown into a foreign object .

As a result, UEFA filed against the Football Association of Montenegro disciplinary case. And today, the Control and Disciplinary Committee of Ethics UEFA issued a final decision on the matter. However, it can be appealed to the Football Federation of Montenegro. To this they have 5 days.

It should be noted that not right were not only fans of the Balkan team – Russian fans who came to support their team in the evening also used pyrotechnics and threw CONSTRUCT objects on the field. UEFA for such behavior of our fans punished Russian Football Union a fine of 25,000 euros.

“We are satisfied in a fair and objective decision of the disciplinary committee of UEFA. It is a careful consideration of the matter, the provision of documents, take time to decide” – commented on the verdict of the disciplinary committee of UEFA Russian Football Union President Nikolai Tolstoy.

Thus, in the treasury wards Fabio Capello added three points. And again we claim the ticket to France. Russian team is now eight points remained in third place, but very close to the Swedes, who have nine points. The first place occupies the same team of Austria, in an asset whose 13 points. Just in front of their home games against top competitors: June 14 – against Austria and September 5 – against Sweden. It was after these games will be clear who the group G will go to France.

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