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Azeri youth and sports minister says UEFA made fair decision

25 June 2007 16:23 (UTC +04:00)

â€œIn the meeting in UEFA headquarters we offered to play Euro qualifying matches between Azerbaijan and Armenia in neutral field. UEFA Executive Committee considered the issue more seriously. It took all points into consideration and passed such a decisionâ€, youth and sports minister Azad Rehimov told APA-Sport.
The minister said UEFA Executive Committee made a fair decision on June 23 to cancel the encounters.
â€œOf course, all Azeri community, footballers and sports organizations wanted that the match would be played. They all wanted our team to win over Armenia. The issue got much politicized. Sport is not a policy and the teams donâ€™t play to wage war. The countries are at war now. It is not right to play in the situation like this. Thatâ€™s why I think UEFA Executive Committee made a fair decisionâ€, he said. /APA-Sport/