UEFA rejects Greek protest over North Macedonia shirt

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Uefa on Wednesday dismissed Greece's solicitation to change the North Macedonia shirt at Euro 2020 after the Greeks contended that the current rendition abused a notable deal between the Balkan neighbors.

Greece said the initials FFM (Football Federation of Macedonia) that component on the shirt allude to the Balkan nation's name before a 2018 deal settled a longstanding political line between the Balkan neighbors.

Uefa affirmed it had gotten a letter from the Greek government mentioning that the shirt is altered.

But European football’s governing body said it had rejected the request because “Uefa uses the name Football Federation of North Macedonia in all its official communication and has adapted the relevant terminology accordingly, including in the Uefa statutes and with regard to Uefa Euro 2020”.

Until recently, North Macedonia competed under the name the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to avoid ire from Greece, who never accepted the name “Macedonia” because it has a province of the same name.

Uefa did intervene before the tournament to order Ukraine to remove a slogan from its shirt after it angered Russia.

Russia was furious at the slogan – “Glory to the Heroes” – because the words became a rallying cry for pro-Western protesters who ousted a Kremlin-backed leader in 2014.

Uefa ruled that the slogan was “political” but agreed on a compromise with the Ukrainian football association which involved covering the slogan with a smaller version of the map of Ukraine.

A larger version of the outline of Ukraine on the front of the shirt includes Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

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