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Euro 2012 UEFA expels Serbia from the Euro-2012

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PostHeaderIcon UEFA expels Serbia from the Euro-2012

Serbian fansUEFA sports prosecutor requires deduct forfeited Serbia and to exclude the Balkans teams from the European championship for two years because of the Serbian fans riot that led the disruption of the qualifying match of Euro-2012 between Italy and Serbia in Genoa on October 12.

Such a requirement was sent to the Disciplinary Committee by the Prosecutor of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Jean-Samuel Luba.

In addition, the Serbian team as a punishment is prescribed to three home matches in empty stands. A sentence of two home matches without fans, and provides for Italy, whose federation was required to ensure the safety meeting in Genoa.

True, private matches in Italy and two-year exemption from the Serbian Championship - measures contingent, which will be applied only in case of repeated disciplinary violations. Decision in this regard will be taken on October 29.

October 12 in Genoa, Serbian fans staged a real war: the field threw smoke bombs and firecrackers, they thwart the match, and then come to grips with the Italian police. Wrath of the fans had been sent, they claimed, on his own team, the failed home with the team in Estonia. In Serbian and Italian media after it was reported that the rebels have received money from the mafia for organizing riots in which many saw nationalist overtones at a time when the Balkan country prepares for EU accession.

Recall that in Serbia on Thursday, October 14, were arrested three people suspected in organization of riots in Genoa during the qualifying match of Euro-2012.

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