“Vladimir-Putin” shouts: Uefa investigates against Fenerbahce Istanbul

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Uefa investigates Fenerbahce Istanbul because of “Vladimir-Putin” calls

Fenerbahce fans at the match against Dynamo Kyiv.

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07/28/2022, 17:56

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Fenerbahce Istanbul fans provoked by chanting “Putin” during the game against Dynamo Kyiv. Therefore, the Turkish football club is now threatened with a penalty by Uefa. The Football Association is investigating “possible misconduct”.

After fans of Fenerbahce Istanbul shouted “Vladimir Putin” during the game against Dynamo Kyiv, the Turkish club is threatened with a penalty by Uefa. There will be a disciplinary investigation into the “alleged misconduct” of the followers, said the football association. Video footage on online networks showed fans of the Istanbul club chanting the name of the Russian president during the match against Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv.

Ambassador “sad” about “Vladimir-Putin” calls

The Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey was “sad” about the “Putin” chants in Istanbul. “It is very sad to hear words of support from Fenerbahce’s fans for a Russian murderer and aggressor who is bombing our country,” Ambassador Wasyl Bodnar wrote on Twitter.

The chanting appeared to be an attempt by Fenerbahce supporters to tease Dynamo fans after Kyiv’s first goal. The Ukrainians won the game 2-1 after the first leg ended 0-0. As a result, Dynamo advance to the third qualifying round while Fenerbahce are eliminated.

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Andrei Melnyk has been the Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin since December 2014. Until the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, his name should have meant something to at least the Germans. But in just a few months he has made his country’s interests heard so vehemently that most people in Germany should now be familiar with him.
Shortly before the outbreak of war he said in an interview with the star: “My job is to put my hand in the wound.” Shortly before a trip to Moscow by Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), he accused him of “treating quietly” on Deutschlandfunk and asked Scholz not only to take his “casual sweater” with him to Moscow, “but also a sanctions club in his suitcase”.

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Dynamo Kyiv was simply “stronger”, Bodnar tweeted. He was “grateful to the friendly Turkish people for their support of Ukraine and for their concerns about the inappropriate behavior of the fans”.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded to the calls in a sporting manner. “We advise Turkish fans to be on the winning side,” tweeted Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko. Ukraine also defeated Russian President Vladimir Putin with Dynamo’s 2-1 win. “We did well in Turkey and we will do the same in Ukraine,” said Nikolenko.

Turkey rather neutral in the Ukraine war

Turkey is trying to remain neutral in the conflict despite being a NATO member. Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met President Putin in Tehran for the first time since the start of the Russian war of aggression. Another meeting is scheduled for August 5 in the Russian seaside resort of Sochi.

Sources: DPA, Uefa

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