Italy Given 3–0 Win Over Serbia by UEFA

After the Italy — Ser­bia match was aban­doned due to fan trou­ble, peo­ple were unsure what UEFA would do about the entire sit­u­a­tion. But UEFA have decided, and there will be pun­ish­ment for both sides, not just for Ser­bia. Here’s an offi­cial UEFA state­ment regard­ing their decision.

“The Con­trol and Dis­ci­pli­nary Body has decided to award the match as a 3–0 for­feit win to Italy. The Foot­ball Asso­ci­a­tion of Ser­bia (FSS) has been ordered to play its next two home matches behind closed doors… The Con­trol and Dis­ci­pli­nary Body has ordered the FSS to refrain from order­ing tick­ets for Ser­bian sup­port­ers for all the away matches of the Ser­bian team dur­ing the remain­der of the UEFA EURO 2012 qual­i­fy­ing com­pe­ti­tion. The asso­ci­a­tion was also fined a total of €120,000.”

While Italy fans might be cel­e­brat­ing with this announce­ment there was also some bad news for them. Here’s UEFA’s state­ment regard­ing the FIGC.

“The Ital­ian Foot­ball Fed­er­a­tion (FIGC) received a sanc­tion of one match to be played behind closed doors. This sanc­tion is deferred for a pro­ba­tion­ary period of two years. The asso­ci­a­tion was fined €100,000.”

So what are your thoughts regard­ing the fact that the Azzurri will have to not only pay a fine of 100,000 Euros, but they’ll even have to play a match behind closed doors. Both asso­ci­a­tions have three days to appeal, and appar­ently the the Foot­ball Asso­ci­a­tion of Ser­bia is think­ing about appealing.

While I think that it’s a pretty fair result for both sides, I’d like to know what you think. Share your com­ments below!

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