The European body is investigating whether disciplinary rules were broken during the Spanish title celebrations.
UEFA has decided to open an investigation to see if the Spanish national teams Álvaro Morata and Rodrigo Hernández They incurred a breach of the organisation’s disciplinary rules after proclaiming the motto at a party celebrating the European Cup title. “Spanish Gibraltar” .
The comments prompted a reaction from the Gibraltar government and a subsequent statement critical of the celebration. “The regrettable use of the platform of celebrating the European Cup victory to promote the idea of usurping Gibraltar’s territory is contrary to the principle that sport should not be used to promote a politically controversial ideology,” they said.
In turn, the Gibraltar Football Association (FA) was also outraged and filed an official complaint with UEFA. There they spoke “of the extremely provocative and insulting nature of the celebrations “, consider the songs as “unacceptable” and believe that “There is no place in football for behaviour of this nature. has”.
It should be noted that Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula and bordering Spain, a country which claims sovereignty over it.
In view of this, UEFA argued that “A UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspector will be appointed to assess a possible breach of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations by players Rodrigo Hernández Cascante and Álvaro Morata in the context of conduct that occurred during the presentation of the UEFA 2024 title to the public in Madrid on 15 July 2024. Further information on this will be available in due course. “, the statement said.
New team for Morata
In the midst of the above, Milan announced today the incorporation of Morata until June 2028. . “AC Milan is proud to announce the signing of Álvaro Borja Morata Martín, from Club Atlético de Madrid. Captain of the Spanish team, with which he recently won the European Cup, Morata has signed with the Rossoneri until June 30, 2028, with the option to renew for a further year,” his supporters informed.
“Born in Madrid on October 23, 1992, Álvaro rose through the youth ranks of Atlético, Getafe and Real Madrid, before graduating from the latter and making his debut with the Whites first team in December 2010. Throughout his career, he played for Real Madrid, Juventus, Chelsea and Atlético de Madrid, totaling 506 games and scoring 172 goals. He won two UEFA Champions League titles, a UEFA Super Cup, a FIFA Club World Cup, two LaLiga titles, two Copa del Rey trophies, a Spanish Super Cup, two Serie A titles, three Coppa Italias, two Italian Super Cups and an FA Cup,” they point out.
“The current Spain captain has played 80 games for his national team, scoring 36 goals, and has won both the recent European Cup and the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League,” they add.
Finally, they indicated that next season they will use the number seven on the jersey.
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