While the meeting between Romania and Kosovo, on November 15, was going to end with a score of 0 to 0, some of the Romanian supporters chanted “Serbia, Serbia”pushing the Kosovar players to leave the pitch before the authorities definitively stopped the game.
Defeat of Kosovo by forfeit
In its disciplinary decision communicated this Wednesday, UEFA judges Kosovo “responsible for the fact that the match could not be played in full” and therefore inflicts a defeat by forfeit, 3-0, which consolidates Romania at the top of group 2 of League C, with six victories in as many matches and 18 points, and ensures it to be promoted to League B The Kosovar federation will also have to pay a fine of €6,000. “incorrect team conduct”with five yellow cards – the same number of warnings as the Romanian players.
Financially, the heaviest sanction nevertheless goes to the Romanian federation, fined €128,000 for a cascade of disciplinary infractions. In addition, Romania will play their next home match behind closed doors. In support of its decision, UEFA cites the “racist behavior” Romanian supporters, the transmission “provocative political messages unsuitable for a sporting event”disruptions during the Kosovar anthem, throwing objects, lighting smoke bombs, using lasers and blocking public passages.
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Romania does not recognize the independence of Kosovo declared in 2008, just like Serbia, which has maintained so-called institutions in certain areas of its former province. “parallels”from schools to hospitals to pension funds. Around 100,000 Serbs live in Kosovo, according to recent estimates, a figure impossible to verify because the Serb populations boycotted the latest censuses.
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