Russian football boss upset by UEFA sanctions

June 15, 2012 13:06

UEFA’s punishment of Russia for disturbances at Euro 2012 that included fans assaulting Polish stewards and throwing flares on the pitch was too harsh, says President of the Russian Football Union Sergey Fursenko.

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Johann Schumacher (unregistered) 16.06.2012 07:45

It would be awesome if during the match between Russia and Greece, Russian should have "this is russia" banner and Greece should have this is sparta =)

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Amin Jafarov (unregistered) 15.06.2012 23:08

Steve (unregistered) wrote in #4
If you tried this in America, marching upon our capital, forget about Sanctions.  You would have average Americans taking out their handguns and shooting you!

You don't march upon a foreign capital - ever, for any reason! 

The Russians were a guest in Poland. They should have acted with respect.


Response: Uh, somehow I don't think shooting people is better than marching in a capital city. Besides why can't people march? It's not illegal or anything. You're just trying to find a way to blame Russia and failing at it. You don't make a conclusion and then look for proof, you find proof and make conclusions based on it.

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Tomasz (unregistered) 15.06.2012 21:47

If the Poles decided to march through Moscow during the next World Cup, would RT still be defending the marchers or would they be criticizing the Poles for marching in Russia?

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Steve (unregistered) 15.06.2012 18:40

If you tried this in America, marching upon our capital, forget about Sanctions.  You would have average Americans taking out their handguns and shooting you!

You don't march upon a foreign capital - ever, for any reason! 

The Russians were a guest in Poland. They should have acted with respect.


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Steve (unregistered) 15.06.2012 18:37

After that hateful sign, after the Russians marching upon the Polish Captal, the Russians should be banned from this competition.

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yes , this is bias given how much violence Poles have committed against peaceful Russians. (unregistered) 15.06.2012 17:15

yes , this is bias given how much violence Poles have committed against peaceful Russians. But some of the actions of the Russians fans should have been banned. These fines are steep and unfair but Russia has a mere 6 years before hosting the Word Cup of Soccer and Russia has serious problems with hooliganism, racism and racially motivated hate crimes. Russia’s sport authorities need to be less defensive and more pro active.

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Eurasian (unregistered) 15.06.2012 13:44

Well under the circumstances UEFA was clearly bias, thus, politics at work again.

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