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MOSCOW (AP) – The last Tuesday at the World Cup (all local times):
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The Ukrainian Football Federation offered to pay a fine to an official of Croatia to have Video from Ukraine to the World Cup
The international governing body of football fined Ognjen Vukojevic 15,000 Swiss francs for "unsportsmanlike behavior" after he and Croatian defender Domagoj Vida recorded a video with the team "glory to Ukraine" defeated the host nation of Russia in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
The video angered some Russian fans, but was greeted in Ukraine, where Vida and Vukojevic previously played for Dynamo Kiev. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine in 2014 and political tensions remain strong.
UFF President Andriy Pavelko, wearing a Croatian shirt and scarf, told the Ukrainian broadcaster 112 that he and other members of the UFF Vukojevic leadership with the Legal fees when he wants to appeal the decision.
The Croatian Football Association has already removed Vukojevic from his World Cup delegation. Vida was released with an official warning and no match penalties, leaving him available to play in the World Cup semi-final against England on Wednesday.
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The semi-finals of the World Cup begins Belgium and France play in St. Petersburg Tuesday, then Croatia and England meet the following night at Moscow.
This is the fifth time that the last four have figured out only. European teams
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said: "Even though some of our traditional contenders like Germany, Spain and Portugal have been eliminated, d & # 39; 39, other teams have exceeded expectations and can now win the title. "
Ceferin added that "these results validate all the work being done across the continent to develop football, and they highlight the strength and quality that exists throughout UEFA ". region. "
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