William Gaillard
William Gaillard
William Gaillard is the director of communications and public affairs for the Union of European Football Associations. He is also the Senior Advisor to the President of UEFA Michel Platini...
again applies clean fine football managers pay serve start tradition whatever
We have a tradition in football that applies to managers just as much as it does to players. If you are sanctioned, you serve your suspension, pay your fine or whatever and then you start again with a completely clean sheet.
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I was quite surprised to hear that he wanted the slate cleaned, because as far as we were concerned everything had already been sorted out.
allowed england five last national
In the upcoming season, England will be the only national association ever, and for the last time, that will be allowed to have five clubs.
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I hope Rio Ferdinand plays for a long time but I truly believe, before his career is over, we will have dealt with this problem. I think UEFA has been relentless in its fight against racism.
case
In the case of one injury, nothing can be done.
chelsea course next playing understood
Chelsea told us that they were playing the next day and of course we understood that,
emotions remark running
That is an irresponsible remark probably made when emotions were running high.
best dangerous defeat defense ground line
the best line of defense is on the ground ... and once a dangerous person is on board, it's already a defeat in itself.
adhere clean football player point sanctioned sheet start tradition view
It's a tradition in football that once a player has been sanctioned or fined they then start afresh with a clean sheet and from our point of view we adhere to that idea.
compassion obvious reaction solidarity
It's obvious that our first reaction was of solidarity and compassion,
sad violence
It's very sad but it has nothing to do with violence between fans.
balance course issue
The issue of competitive balance is of course important in any sport and it is an issue for concern,
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They were basically using lies as a pre-match tactic. They were trying to qualify for the next round by putting pressure on referees and officials through false statements. They were ready to use disloyal methods and, frankly, this is totally and completely unacceptable.
looking penalty saw spot taking
Everyone saw that everyone was looking at the penalty spot before taking the kicks,