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Switzerland’s Shaqiri and Xhaka, Kosovo and an eagle celebration against Serbia
An hour after the game was halted, the officials confirmed that the match had been abandoned and the remaining minutes would not be played.
In September 2023, a Euro 2024 qualifier between Romania and Kosovo was suspended for 45 minutes after supporters in the Romania end displayed a banner reading “Kosovo is Serbia” and fans chanted the same thing. Romania won the match 2-0 but were fined and ordered to play their next home match behind closed doors.
Romania fans previously held up a banner saying ‘Kosovo is Serbian’ during a 2024 European Championship qualification match in September 2023 (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)
Romania are on course to win Nations League C Group 2 having won their opening four matches, which would guarantee their promotion into League B of the Nations League.
Kosovo are second in the group and started Friday’s fixture with nine points from their four games, with a draw in this match securing their place in a promotion play-off game.
The issue of Kosovo’s independence from Serbia sparked a 1998-99 war in which at least 13,000 people died. Serbia launched a crackdown on a separatist rebellion by the area’s ethnic Albanian population, which led to NATO bombing Serbia in 1999 to bring a conclusion to the war.
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