MOSCOW, February 28, Andrey Senchenko. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has no legal grounds to remove Spartak Moscow from the Europa League, says former goalkeeper of the USSR and Spartak national team Anzor Kavazashvili. Earlier, the German newspaper Bild reported that Spartak would be excluded from the current Europa League draw. In the 1/8 finals, the “red-whites” must play with the German “Leipzig”. The first meeting should take place on March 10 in Germany, the return — on a neutral field on March 17. On Monday, Leipzig chief executive Oliver Mintzlaff suggested that matches against Spartak would be cancelled. Leipzig could immediately enter the space championship, let them fly there along with Domenico Tedesco and their crazy ideas. Of course, it is beneficial for them that “Spartacus” was credited with a forfeit defeat. Well, who doesn't want to get around Spartak without matches? Why punish Spartak or any other Russian football club for? Did any of them pick up machine guns? Show at least one item in the UEFA regulations, for which the football club is subject to sanctions for the participation of the country in hostilities. There are no such grounds. Why do we hate and disrespect? The rules are the same for everyone, and they are approved. After all, all of Europe should have been excluded from all competition long ago for the bombing of Yugoslavia. So many rockets launched into Belgrade! But even then, no clubs were suspended,» Kavazashvili said.
