Big blow for UEFA!

UEFA has stated that Sion has used a player despite not having valid license for that. Sion has knocked Celtic out from the competition, but because of this, UEFA has kicked out Sion and Celtic has qualified this way to the group stages. Sion was sure that they are right so they intended civil lawsuit against this decision, and the civil court has given right to Sion. It is a complicated situation, because there are already two games played so far in the group, which will make Atletico and Udinese play two additional games. Celtic has no fault, they have just benefited from an apparently wrong decision of UEFA.

It is a very complicated manner. We know that UEFA is never admitting doing mistakes, they always come up with excuses. If you ask me, they won't change anything, they will maybe even punish Sion for turning to civil court, which they forbid in the majority of cases.

I see it now. It is really difficult situation, because the more they take, the worse it gets. If they wait too much, they will have 3, 4 matches to do again. So they need to do something fast. Don't UEFA say anything about it yet? I don't know the strong from Sion, because I've never heard about it before this, but this situation can shake UEFA and Europa league's image. But I still think they need to put Sion back and rematch the games with Atletico and Udinese. Happy mylotting.

UEFA claimed that Sion has used a player without having license for that. Sion claimed that the player has the right to play, so they have filed a civil lawsuit against UEFA and the civil court has given right to Sion.

Ok, so then I do not think it is such a massive offense. So I am ok with it. I would not have liked a club involved in more serious offenses like match fixing, bribing or financial irregularities to get away. This one seems to be a minor offense. Cheers! Ram

Yes, it is a minor offense, but they were excluded from the group stages for that. Now, UEFA should take them back, but this would influence the group's standings and the program of the teams which are in that group. Not to talk about the financial losses of Sion, if they will not be accepted back. If the court decided they haven't done anything wrong, why were they punished?

But if the decision is wrong, then another precedent is created, and UEFA could ban every team they like, for no reason, without having to pay for that. What if some officials from UEFA will have some arguments with some of the officials of a team and they will boot that team out just for that? Can this be accepted? I guess no organization is above the law, and if Sion hasn't made any mistake, why should they be punished?

UEFA has decided that Sion has used a player without valid license in the qualifications, so they have put Celtic in their place, despite Sion qualifying in the direct encounter with Celtic. What was the deal with Benfica? Because I know only about Fenerbahce being removed from the Champions League because of the match fixing scandal they were involved.

Benfica had nothing to do with the match fixing scandal. Are you sure that Fener had to go through qualifying? I don't remember this anymore. But this is another thing, Fenerbahce's situation is completely other than Sion's, because it is not sure that they have made anything against the rules. It will be interesting to see how UEFA will handle this situation.

Before Fenerbache was confirmed being involved in the scandal, they have played the qualifying rounds and they are the ones who faced benfica, and beat them. Yet benfica took their place due to the scandal. However now the scandal is not going to affect champions league, benfica might be out instead.