Tottenham Hotspur has been eliminated from the Europa Conference League after the UEFA said on Monday that the English club must lose its last group match against Rennes following the cancellation of the match due to an outbreak of COVID-19 in the English club.
The international body has made this official official by means of a communiqué in which it indicates that “a Following several positive COVID-19 cases identified in Tottenham Hotspur FC players and staff, the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Stade Rennais FC –scheduled to be played on December 9, 2021 in London, UK – could not be disputed.
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“The Chairman of the UEFA Appeals Committee made the following decision: Declare the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage match between the Tottenham Hotspur FC and Stade Rennais FC, which was initially scheduled to be played on December 9, 2021, as lost to Tottenham Hotspur FC, which is therefore considered to have lost the match 0-3 according to Annex J.3.1 of the UEFA Europa Conference League Regulations (Season 2021/22). “
Initially, the game was scheduled to be played on December 9, but 13 cases between players and staff caused the Spurs they couldn’t play. A 3-0 loss will be recorded, which means that the Spurs finish third in the group and are left out of the competition’s play-offs, in which they faced the Rapid Wien.
The Vitesse Arnhem, therefore, it will be the set that will be classified as second in group G and, the Rennes, as first.
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