2023-10-23 02:01:40
After the fatal attack on two Swedes in Brussels, the Belgian football association does not attach any importance to finishing the canceled European Championship qualifier. «We will not demand that Sweden give up the game. “We want to show respect following the events,” said managing director Manu Leroy of the Belgian association to the newspaper “Le Soir”. He thinks it would be the fairest solution if the game were scored 1:1, i.e. with the score at the time the game was abandoned at halftime.
“I will contact the Swedish association, the Austrian association and UEFA to push this direction forward,” said Leroy. They will not hold on to their top seed status in Group F. “At some point, ethics and morals have to take over.” The European Football Union has not yet made a decision on match scoring.
AFP
Belgium and Austria each have 16 points with one game before the end of qualifying; in the event of a draw, the Red Devils would gain another point. Both teams have already qualified for the European Championships in Germany. According to the regulations, canceled games must usually be continued at the same location as quickly as possible. The Swedish team left that night following the incidents.
The alleged perpetrator, a 45-year-old Tunisian, was shot by police on Tuesday morning and died. A weapon was found on him that might have been the weapon used in the attack. (dpa/sih)
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