Wasnt sure which way that UEFA decision was going to go considering this happened not that long ago…However, in 2010, Uefa fined Debrecen £15,000 but rejected a protest from opponents Litex Lovech, who wanted the Hungarian side kicked out of the tournament for fielding an ineligible player. Debrecen argued that they fielded Peter Mate in good faith as a substitute in Bulgaria when they were leading 4-1 on aggregate. Uefa ruled that Debrecen had no interest in fielding this player for the three last minutes of additional time, when the score was so clearly in its favour. If it wasnt a big side (Celtic, Rangers, any of the English/Spanish/German/Italian/French/Dutch clubs) that this happened to would UEFA have still made the same ruling? The Sion ruling I get, that was 5 players for significant portions of the games, but this was one player, for 2 minutes when the score was already 6-1 on aggregate. Sounds like UEFA have one rule that benefits big clubs but changes it when it comes to the wee clubs.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:04:40 +0000
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