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UEFA statement on the Balogun case

關於Balogun事件的UEFA聲明

https://reurl.cc/MW1zkK


Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the impleme
ntation of the one-match automatic suspension followin the red card issued to t
he player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line.

昨天針對球員Folarin Balogun所領紅牌後應自動停賽一場的處分，卻決定暫緩執行，並設
下一年的緩刑期，這項決定已經越過了不可接受的紅線


Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair,
honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation.
In this case not. A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red ca
rd is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competen
t body to be enacted. It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be
 made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where sever
al other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their susp
ension.




When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integr
ity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined.
Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where simi
lar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the comp
etition.




Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and
 is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws. A tournament is
never a pure standalone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it
has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole.




We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustif
iable decision.

我們對這項史無前例、令人難以理解且毫無正當理由的決定，表達強烈的震驚與無法置信

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