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DUBAI (Reuters) – AFC has dismissed a complaint from the United Arab Emirates Football Federation of the Qatar Football Federation (QF) about the "illegality" of the naturalization of football players. Qatar team at the 2019 Asia Cup.
The AFC issued a brief statement confirming the dismissal of the complaint filed Thursday by the UAE, without indicating the reasons for the rejection.
In turn, some local newspapers in the United Arab Emirates argued that the rejection of the complaint came from the United Arab Emirates, as the United Arab Emirates Union had not provided any identity papers. both countries, originally owned by Al-Moez Ali (Sudan) and Bassam Al-Rawi (Iraq).
In a telephone interview with the sports channel Abu Dhabi on Thursday, a United Arab Emirates legal adviser confirmed that the naturalization of the players and their participation in the country's national team were based on four conditions: either the player was born in the new country, one of his grandparents, or spent five years in his new country since the age of 18.
On the basis of these facts, the UAE's complaint that these players did not fulfill the above-mentioned conditions, prior to the rejection of the United Arab Emirates complaint.
The AFC has received a complaint from the Qatar Football Federation against its UAE counterpart for throwing UAE supporters into bottled water and shoes after Qatar scored the third goal against Hassan Al-Heidos in half-time. final of the Asian Championship.
Qatar faces Japan in the Asian championship final at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
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