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Dynamo Kyiv criticise Fenerbahce for pre-season games in Russia
  + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
July 9 (Reuters) - Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv said Fenerbahce were a club "without honour and conscience" in a strongly-worded statement after the Turkish side travelled to Russia to play in a pre-season tournament. "The bloody money of (Russian energy giant) Gazprom has eclipsed everything for you, left you without honour and conscience," Dynamo said in a statement. Dynamo accused the Turkish club of accepting "bloody handouts from the sponsors of terrorism," and added: "Nothing can justify this step. Last year, Fenerbahce were given a one-game partial stadium closure, suspended for two years, after their fans chanted Russian President Vladimir Putin's name in a game against Dynamo Kyiv. UEFA's Appeals Body had fined Fenerbahce 50,000 euros ($54,835) and ordered the partial closure of their stadium.
Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Body, Rohith Nair, Clare Fallon Organizations: Dynamo Kyiv, Fenerbahce, Zenit St, Red Star Belgrade, Neftci, Pari, Gazprom Arena, FIFA, UEFA, Gazprom, Dynamo, Turkish, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Turkish, Russia, Zenit St Petersburg, Red, Azerbaijan, St Petersburg, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Bengaluru
Croatia finished top of their Nations League group ahead of world champions France and Denmark, and the 2018 runners-up will be riding a wave of momentum heading into the tournament. "However, there are other national teams that have such ambitions, the most important is the first match with Morocco. "The team from Russia was second in the world, and when you look at where those players played, they were all top clubs. One player was from the Croatian league, and now there are seven or eight of them. Luck is that young players have older players alongside them to mature...
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