He Sports Arbitration Court (TAS) dismissed the resource of the Kosovo Football Federation (Ffk) against the Romanian Federation (RFF) and the UEFAfor lost the party of the Nations League Played in November in Bucharestin which their players left the field for the chants of Romanian followers.
Kosovo asked the TAS to hold the Romania federation for the suspension of the party and that will cancel the fine of 6,000 euros that UEFA imposed for improper behavior of his team when leaving the field and not ending the match.
The TAS, after holding a face -to -face hearing with the parties on March 24, announced Monday that Kosovo players made the decision to leave the field unilaterallywithout any director of the referee, and were responsible for the party to be suspended.
The TAS panel that studied the case acknowledged that the decision of the Kosovare soccer players was due to certain songs that, “although unacceptable and object of other sanctions by UEFA, They cannot justify the abandonment of the pitch by the national team of Kosovo“.
In his opinion, the referee is the one who had to decide the steps to follow and the TAS panel stressed that Kosovo players clearly declined to attend the referee's instructions to return to the field and continue the game.
For the TAS panel, it was the Kosovo Federation, and not that of Romania, the person responsible for the party not to be completedso he dismissed his appeal and maintained the UEFA decision.
Screams of “Serbs, Serbs”
On November 15, with 0-0 on the scoreboard and exceeded the 90th minute, the Kosovar players decided to retire to the locker room as a protest for the shouts of “Serbs, Serbs” issued by the ultras located in one of the funds of the National Stadium of Bucharest. Before the refusal to return to the field, the Danish referee Morten Krogh The meeting was suspended.
According to the Kosovares, “The racist behavior” of Romanian fanswhich also exhibited banners with the motto “Kosovo is Serbia “made unfeasible resume the party, corresponding to group 2 of the C Le League of the European competition.
November 20 The UEFA Appeal Committee gave the game for Lost Kosovo 3-0 and Romania ended up at the head of group C2, with 18 points, and achieved promotion to League B.
UEFA also fined Kosovo with 6,000 euros and with € 128,000 to Romania, which he also punished with the closure of his stadium in the next game at home for the racist/homophobic behavior of his followers.
Romania resorted to this punishment to the TAS, which on February 13 rejected his claim and maintained the closure of his stadium and the sanctions after stating that the infractions committed by Romania's followers were serious and that the sanctions imposed were in accordance with the UEFA and not disproportionate disciplinary regulations.
The Romanian Federation in turn accused the Kosovo national team of “lack of respect” and “contempt for clean play”for having interrupted the encounter, and rejected as unfounded the accusations of the Kosovars on “racist” behaviors of Romanian fans.
The agency also thanked “the almost 50,000 Romanian fans present at the stadium for maintaining a civilized attitude and abstaining, as far as possible, of reacting to the provocations of Kosovo players.”
