UEFA will not help Legia

Wednesday, 14 May 08, 05:05 PM · Comments(1)

If the hooligans wearing Legia scarves will lead to a burd in the UEFA Cup matches, second team of Polish Premier League will be excluded from European competitions for at least two years. Even if the club will not have anything in common with them.

President of the Legia Warszawa - Leszek Miklas - has announced in the "Poland" newspaper, that the club will not in any way be involved in organizing trips to the UEFA Cup matches.

- We will just inform UEFA that we're not sending any supporters to away matches. If the fans choose to go on their own and start a riot, then the club will not be held liable - Miklas said.

Wrong! Article sixth of the UEFA disciplinary says that the club during cup matches takes responsibility for everyone: from the players to the supporters.

- It does not matter whether Legia will organize a trip or not, it will be involved. Just because the troublemakers will wear T-shirts and scarves with the logo of the club. It is enough to penalties - press office of UEFA representative ays.

What does this mean for Legia? Warsaw club was already excluded from European cup for two years after the riots at the Intertoto Cup match with Vetra Vilnius. The Appeals Board has suspended the execution of the sentence. But it had announced that if within five years it comes to incidents involving fans of Legia, the club wiould be treated more severely - it would have to pay 15 000 FRF and definitely would be excluded from the cups.

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