After the interruption of the Nations League match between Romania and Kosovo on Friday evening, UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against the two teams,
UEFA breaks its silence. The day after the sulphurous Romania-Kosovo match, stopped on Friday in Bucasrest after anti-Kosovar chants against Kosovo players, a disciplinary procedure was opened by the European body against the two teams, the BBC learned . According to Article 55 of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations, procedures are opened by the UEFA administration “when a complaint has been made regarding a potential disciplinary offence, subject to the prior approval of an inspector ethics and discipline.
“When a complaint has been filed, an ethics and disciplinary inspector must evaluate it. The ethics and disciplinary inspector may, at his discretion, decide not to approve the opening of a procedure if there is no no valid reasons to do so,” continues the UEFA text.
“Further information” communicated “in due course”
Friday evening, some of the supporters chanted “Serbia, Serbia!”, pushing the visiting team to leave the pitch. The authorities then decided to permanently stop the game. The European body “will communicate further information in due course”, according to the BBC. Serbia never recognized the independence of its former province of Kosovo in 2008, just like Romania.
