UEFA has charged Romania with 5 offenses, including racist behavior, because of what happened during the clash vs. Kosovo.<\/p>\n
The European qualification in Bucharest was suspended for almost an hour 3 days ago after provocative chanting from the home supporters in the stadium.<\/p>\n
The fans screamed “Serbia, Serbia” and held banners that claimed that “Kosovo is Serbia.”<\/p>\n
The Romanian FA was also penalized for a “provocative message of an offensive nature.”<\/p>\n
Kosovo became independent from Serbia in 2008 after long-strained relations between its Serb and mainly Albanian citizens.<\/p>\n
Serbia thinks of Kosovo as the birthplace of their nation but now fewer than 10% of its inhabitants are Serb, and more than 90% are Albanians.<\/p>\n
Romania didn\u2019t recognize the new country’s status despite Kosovo being recognized by 100 countries.<\/p>\n
Another offensive banner was “Bessarabia is Romania,” as the region is now part of Moldova and Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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