Steaua to rejoin Champions League

This season it looked like UEFA was going crazy, banning teams from the Champions League, left right and centre. First Porto, then CSKA Sofia and then Steaua Bucharest. Porto have been let back into the Champions League in strange circumstance, and now Steaua will make it too, after a court cleared them of any wrongdoing.

All of it is just a lesson in jumping the gun. Basically after Steaua were accused of bribary, they were docked six points and fined, and kicked out the Champions League. But all those involved denied any wrongdoing, and now are proved innocent.

Steaua’s owner Gigi Becali had previously had a two year ban from entering a football stadium, which has now been scrapped, as has his player Petre Marin’s six month ban.

Steaua will enter the Third Qualifying Round of the Champions League. CSKA Sofia must now be sat wondering if they might be let back in as well - although they were kicked out for debt problems, which are a bit harder to prove wrong really.

Category: Champions League, Other News from Europe, Qualifying, UEFA

Tags: Ban, Champions League, Gigi Becali, Other News from Europe, Porto, Qualifying, Scandal, Steaua, UEFA

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