http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/legia-warsaw-fans-risk-uefa-4128048 More shame on uefa if they take action. Nothing obscene, racist or homophobic about that banner so they'll be merely punishing free speech if they take any sanctions.
i think its a great banner UEFAs treatment of them fully deserves that response and UEFA would have to be petty and vindictive to take any action .....oh hang on. No idea what the offense could be though
Not sure what UEFA have done wrong here. They played a player which they were not allowed to play so they were kicked out of the competition. Surely that is exactly how it should work.
The punishment was excessively disproportionate for a clerical error that had no bearing on the result. A player sent off and banned for 3 games missed 3 games but one didn't count due to the club making an administrative error. He then played 3 minutes at the end of a tie that was already won 6 -1. To me the punishment is far too severe for the error.
That player had already missed 3 matches though. Oh and before I opened this thread I knew your reply was going to be contrary to everyone elses !
Can't remember the exact details will dig it out when I get back home and can use laptop instead of phone. But it was something to do with being registered in the squad for one of the games so I think the first game he missed didn't count as far as Uefa are concerned as he wasn't eligible to play anyway might not have that exactly right though
Bang on. They broke the rules, simple, so must take the punishment. We all know the likes of UEFA and FIFA are "as bent as a Butcher's hook" and I have a dislike for a lot of what they do. But in this case, they are correct. For those that disagree, just put BFC in the position of Celtic.......every single one of us would want punishment for the opposing team.
Nothing to do with the fact it's better for them to have Celtic rather than them in the comp. Would have liked to see if they awarded the same sanctions had the issue been the other way around.
From the BBC. "He was sent off in Legia's final Europa League tie last season against Apollon Limassol and received a three-match ban. He missed the club's two-legged tie against St Patrick's Athletic in the second qualifying round and the 4-1 first-leg victory over Celtic. However, it has emerged that Bereszynski was not registered in Legia's squad for the ties against the Dublin side and therefore the matches did not count towards his suspension. " Seems crazy to me that UEFA say he wasn't registered as he was their player. I can fully understand Legia thinking he had served his ban. UEFA have been completley over the top on this.
UEFA aren't fit for purpose. Joke of an organisation just like FIFA. They don't have the best interests of the game at heart, only money. I see that Blatter is gonna get another term with FIFA due to a lack of an opponent. Platini pulling out of the process, wonder why he did that? Brown envelope anyone?
I think they forgot to register him in the squad for one of the games he was suspended for. So it counted as just not being called up rather than sitting out the match due to suspension, and the third match became the Celtic tie.
The first lines of the eligable player section of the champions league rules state as clear as day that players must be registered in the champions lwague squad not just be signed to a club In order to play in the champions league. Legia knew this as they registered the other players. The same paragraph also states really clearly that only registered players can serve a suspension. It makes sense really as the idea is that a suspension makes it harder for your club by giving them less options during the suspension and them calling up another player in your place as Legia did defeats the point. Id also say that the scoreline doesnt matter as where do we draw the line? 3-1? 2-1? Thats why rules are clear cut l. You do this and this is your punishment. Weve all already complained that financial penalties are pointless as it is effectively saying you can buy an exemption from rules so the only other option is expulsion.
No brown envelope...Platini knows he can't beat Blatter...believe it or not Blatter is popular world wide, whatever we think in Europe...Platini is on a very cushy number as it is at UEFA!
And Asia....He would like to get more places at the World Cup for these nations at the expense of European sides...Brown Nosing more like!
Do you honestly think that would have been the punishment if Real Madrid or the likes had fielded the player in similar circumstances regardless of the extent of the scoreline.
Every fan and every club should unite on this especially if the corrupt UEFA officials take further action. What they did was a disgrace.
