UEFA looks through its fingers: Celje will be able to host Maccabi in their return European game no matter what
Although the official website
of the European Football Association
(UEFA) is still misleading that the return leg between the two clubs will be
Celje
and Maccabi Tel Aviv will be played in Ljubljana, this will not be the case.
The organisation, led by Slovenian lawyer Aleksander Čeferin, has looked through the fingers of the Styrians. The Z’land stadium is indeed not up to the level required by UEFA for the organisation of matches in the last round of European qualifiers, but Celje will still host their Israeli rivals in the capital. UEFA decided to look through the fingers of the Celjans due to objective reasons (overcrowding of the pitch in Stožice), and the green light was given in Switzerland after the Slovenian league had sorted out some of the most urgent matters at their home facility.
Whether this will make it any easier for Celje in the return leg of the last round of Conference League qualification remains to be seen. But no matter where the game was played, Celje would have faced an extremely difficult, almost impossible task. Maccabi won the first leg in Tel Aviv 4-1…
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