The Euro 2024 It started a few days ago, on Friday, June 14. Despite being less than a week old, it has not been free of controversies, such as the most recent one involving the Serbian Football Federation. It happens that the UEFA has initiated an investigation and disciplinary procedure against the country due to events that occurred during its most recent match against England. He finds out why the confederacy had to come to this point.
Why did UEFA open disciplinary proceedings against Serbia at Euro 2024?
This Sunday, June 16, the Serbian and England teams faced each other in a match as part of Group C at Euro 2024. The English team managed to overcome the Serbian team after a single goal at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. However, an event during the duel led UEFA to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Serbian Football Federation.
This decision has nothing against the players or the team in general, but is directed at the fans of that country, who would have behaved inappropriately during the confrontation. According to official statements, the “throwing of provocative objects and messages that have no place in the framework of a sporting event”.
The situation has been escalating to such a point that even the federation of Kosovo (FFK) joined in with a new complaint against Serbia. This team points out that in past matches Serbian fans have already displayed flags or uttered slogans with political and even racist messages against Kosovo.
However, the Serbian federation, for its part, denounced a Kosovo journalist, who may have made offensive signs to Serbian fans. This journalist was found guilty and his accreditation to cover Euro 2024 has been confiscated until the end of the tournament.
What is the reason for the tension between the Serbian and Kosovo teams?
Serbia and Kosovo have been at odds since the 1990s, when Serbian military forces confronted the Albanian insurrection that sought Kosovo’s independence. Although this nation achieved its independence in 2008, Serbia refuses to recognize it as a country until now and these confrontations have been transmitted to football.
Of course, although it does not recognize it, it could do nothing against its admission to UEFA and FIFA in 2016. Thus, despite not having qualified for Euro 2024, Kosovo has every right to support the disciplinary procedure of the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body, an entity that has not yet issued any official results on its investigations.
Source: Elcomercio
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