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UEFA kicks Tottenham out of the Europa Conference League because of Covid-19!

2021-12-20

UEFA announced on Monday that the match Tottenham-Rennes from Europa Conference League, which had not been able to be disputed at the beginning of December due to cases of Covid-19 in the London team, was considered lost to the ‘Spurs’, who are thus eliminated from the third European competition.

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As no date had been found for the dispute of the game initially scheduled for December 9, the president of the UEFA chamber of appeal declared the match lost to the English club by default, 3-0.

“The Chairman of the UEFA Appeals Committee made the following decision: Declare the 2021/22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Stade Rennais FC, which was originally scheduled to take place on 9 December 2021, as lost to Tottenham Hotspur FC, who are 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) ”, they announced.

The ‘Spurs’ suffered 13 cases of coronavirus among players and staff, so they could not play. Now, they will record a 3-0 defeat, which means that the team of Antonio Conte finish third in the group and are left out of the play-offs of the competition, in which they faced the Rapid Wien.

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The Vitesse Arnhem, therefore, it will be the set that will be classified as second in group G and, the Rennes, as first.

On the other hand, Tottenham is seventh in the Premier League with 29 after drawing this Sunday against Liverpool (2-2) at home. The goals were the work of Harry Kane and Son Heug-Min and on behalf of the ‘Reds’ Diogo Jota and Robertson scored.

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