The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has organized a meeting
of
urgency this Wednesday to analyze the situation created after the warning, by the Federation of Kosovo, if he did not attend his match against La Roja in Seville on March 31st. The reason put forward by the Balkan body is the note published this Tuesday in the official twitter account of the team in which this country was referred to as ‘Kosovo territory’.
The Kosovar Federation, which will compete alongside Spain, Greece and Georgia in the qualifying group stage for the Qatar World Cup-22, has ‘threatened’ with do not show to the party if their identity is not recognized as independent country, alluding to it by its official name and not as ‘Kosovo territory’. In addition, it ensures that if the Spanish Federation does not allow itself to appear at said meeting with its National anthem and his own flag They will not attend the meeting either.
Kosovo, which unilaterally declared its independence on February 17, 2008, is recognized as an independent state by a large number of countries, including most of those that make up the European Union. Spain, however, has not officially recognized its existence and when it refers to it, it does so in the terms used by the national team's account.
The note released by the Kosovo Federation assures that “the attempt of the Spanish to minimize the statehood of Kosovo in the match on March 31 for the World Cup qualifiers, referring to Kosovo as a territory, it is in vain and unfair. They are aware that on this date they will face the Kosovo National Team, which will present itself like any other country ”.
And he adds that “the UEFA and FIFA criteria are as clear as glass and Spain knows it, so what is said and written does not change these rules and will in no way change them. If they want to justify themselves in front of the national media, it is their problem, but Kosovo will not make any concessions: we will only play according to the strict criteria and rules of UEFA, with the national anthem and the flag, otherwise, the match will not be played “.