UEFA reprimands Azeri football club players, officials over military salute
Players and officials from Azerbaijani club Qarabag have been reprimanded by UEFA for performing a military salute during their Europa League qualifying match away to Legia Warsaw on October 1, Reuters reported.
The European soccer body said that the gesture was “considered as inappropriate given the specific political context at the time of the match.” The club was also reprimanded, UEFA said in its statement.
UEFA listed 13 players and 14 officials who gave the salute, which it described as an incident of a non-sporting nature.