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2 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

If the PSG game stands. ManU get through with a loss.

WUT?

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2 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

If the PSG game stands. ManU get through with a loss.

How? Isn't it Rb 12, PSG 10, Utd 9 then? Or You count 0 points from PSG?

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I do not like our defence at all atm

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Feeling strange that our very own Demba Ba ignited this PSG scandal, that quite probably can be a misunderstanding, lol 

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1 minute ago, Vegetable said:

How? Isn't it Rb 12, PSG 10, Utd 9 then? Or You count 0 points from PSG?

UEFA rules as it stands.

 

If a team does not play a match or is responsible for it to not take place in any way that team will be disqualified and fined. This means the opponent will advance to the next round, if applicable.

 

Both teams would be disqualified from the CL this year. Now, they could make a ruling that it does not apply in this situation, but that is the rule right now.

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Just now, ZAPHOD2319 said:

UEFA rules as it stands.

If a team does not play a match or is responsible for it to not take place in any way that team will be disqualified and fined. This means the opponent will advance to the next round, if applicable.

Both teams would be disqualified from the CL this year. Now, they could make a ruling that it does not apply in this situation, but that is the rule right now.

Even then, is that a rule for the knockout stage or does it apply to the group stage as well?

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Just now, Jason said:

Even then, is that a rule for the knockout stage or does it apply to the group stage as well?

I think that is why the 'if applicable" is there. You can be disqualified in group play.

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They will never fine any team for protest against racism / "racism" I guess, that would be moral and marketing suicide for UEFA.

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Just now, Vegetable said:

They will never fine any team for protest against racism / "racism" I guess, that would be moral and marketing suicide for UEFA.

There is this, they could just make them play the match with new refs?

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Just now, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I think that is why the 'if applicable" is there. You can be disqualified in group play.

This.

Just now, Vegetable said:

They will never fine any team for protest against racism / "racism" I guess, that would be moral and marketing suicide for UEFA.

Exactly. They have their own 'No To Racism' campaign too.

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Just now, ZAPHOD2319 said:

There is this, they could just make them play the match with new refs?

 

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Nice

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What I recon he said "negru" which is just a word for black people in romanian and has a totally different weight than all the n-words in western world, but I guess they couldn't know it. Misunderstanding and perhaps a lack of sensitivity awareness? Yes. But racism? I'd say BS.

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1 hour ago, Vegetable said:

Feeling strange that our very own Demba Ba ignited this PSG scandal, that quite probably can be a misunderstanding, lol 

Rubbish. Misunderstanding or not, UEFA officials are surely educated on matters like this. You do not mention the 'N' word.

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1 minute ago, Stats said:

Rubbish. Misunderstanding or not, UEFA officials are surely educate don matters like this. You do not mention the 'N' word.

Please see my post above – most probably he didn't and even more probably he didn't mean to. It's a language matter. Plus I can understand that living in country of 99,9% single ethnicity makes you less sensitive to certain matters. That was highly unfortunate and unneeded of course, but still, they are just sport officials not diplomats.

And I emphesise I'm 100% against any form of racism, but I'm also aware that racism is totally different thing in 'western' and 'eastern' world, and here they did clash.