FIFA World Cup 2018. Sweden is punished and warned by Fifa – again

It is after Sweden's victory in the eighth finals against Switzerland that Fifa announced that the Swedish Football Association has been fined 620,000 Swedish kroner for "violations of the rules of marketing and media ".

Fifa pointed out the extra socks that a number of players from the Swedish national team have focused on regular lows. Socks with the illegal marks of Fifa.

– It was useless. Never good to have a fine. I was not involved in the process. no one thinks it's good. This is not concrete on my table. Super and useless, Janne Andersson said about the fine.

Sweden penalized by FIFA

Despite the penalty, Swedish captain Andreas Granqvist chose to wear similar socks in the quarter-final defeat to England.

Sweden is again punished, this time with a fine of 440,000 SEK.

"The Swedish Football Association is fined 440,000 and warned of violations of media and marketing rules, as well as FIFA's equipment rules, even if they did not wear them. The national team (in comparison with several paragraphs in the previous case) carried unauthorized marks in the quarterfinals between Sweden and England, writes Fifa.

Sweden can appeal the boat

In total, Sweden must be fined more than one million crowns for illegitimate socks.

Staffan Stjernhom, press officer of the national team, said after the first boat that Sweden was considering appealing the verdict:

– We have lawyers who are examining in detail the rule we would have had to break. They also wonder if we can appeal the verdict.

Landslagschef Lasse Richt too.

– We will verify how it is received by the other federations. This is a rather important question. Socks are accepted by many. There is a lot of money, but we will drive the issue as far as possible.

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