{"id":292330,"date":"2023-09-12T23:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292330"},"modified":"2023-09-12T23:49:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:49:02","slug":"kosovo-players-storm-off-pitch-in-anger-over-romania-chants-offensive-banners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/kosovo-players-storm-off-pitch-in-anger-over-romania-chants-offensive-banners\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosovo players storm off pitch in anger over Romania chants &amp; offensive banners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo players walked off the pitch during their Euro 2024 qualifier with Romania after Romanian fans were heard chanting &apos;Kosovo is Serbia&apos;.<\/p>\n<p>The Balkan nation declared independence from Serbia in 2008, due to its largely Albanian population. However, Serbia has disputed their independence, and it still considers Kosovo as a province of its country &#8211; despite having no formal control.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive chanting from the Romanian fans also included banners being unfurled in the stands with the same message.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Kosovar players left the pitch with just 19 minutes on the clock, with the scores level at 0-0 at the time of the stoppage.<\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Granit Xhaka&apos;s dad rages at glamorous journalist who slammed his &apos;gesture&apos; at World Cup <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article30794334.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Arsenal-FC-v-Fulham-FC-Premier-League.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports is bringing you 500 live football games to watch, as well access to C<span>ricket, Golf, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA and more across eight<\/span><span> dedicated channels. Sky Sports is the <\/span><span>only way to watch all the action this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a322 a month<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo&apos;s independence has been recognised by about 100 countries, including the UK and the US. However, it&apos;s only an observer state on the UN council.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, China, and Spain are three of the countries who don&apos;t recognise the state &#8211; and instead back Serbia &#8211; with Romania also falling into this category. <\/p>\n<p><b> <i>Do you think football needs to do more to combat offensive chanting? Let us know in the comments section<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30926966.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_UEFA-Euro-2024-qualification-round-Romania-vs-Kosovo-Bucharest-12-Sep-2023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30926964.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FBL-EURO-2024-QUALIFIER-ROU-KOS.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A stadium announcer could be heard saying: &quot;Efforts are being made to restart the match. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Please stop chanting our neighbour&apos;s name! Revisionism is not tolerated by UEFA. This is the final warning.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article30926968.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FOOTBALL-EURO-2024-QUALIFYING-ROMANIA-v-KOSOVO-Bucharest-Roumanie-12-Sep-2023.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The stoppage lasted for 50 minutes, before Kosovo and Romania agreed to continue the match.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolae Stanciu and Valentin Mih\u0103il\u0103 found the net for the Eastern Europeans, as Romania claimed the three points in their bid to qualify for Euro 2024 next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/romania-kosovo-offensive-serbia-chants-30927079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo players walked off the pitch during their Euro 2024 qualifier with Romania after Romanian fans were heard chanting &apos;Kosovo <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kosovo players storm off pitch in anger over Romania chants &amp; 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