European football governing body Uefa has decided to appeal against sanctions imposed by its own disciplinary body on Serbia and England’s Under-21 players.
England’s Steven Caulker and Thomas Ince and four players and two coaches from Serbia were banned, after a brawl at the game in Krusevac in October.
Uefa also ordered Serbia to play their next competitive under-21 match behind closed doors and fined them £65,000.
The sanctions have been widely viewed as being too lenient.
The game ended with scuffles over alleged racist chants from Serbian fans towards England players.
A statement on Uefa’s website read: “Uefa, via the Uefa disciplinary inspector appointed to the case, has decided to appeal all the sanctions imposed by the Control and Disciplinary Body relating to incidents which took place at the 2013 Uefa European Under-21 Championship play-off second-leg match between Serbia and England on 16 October 2012”.
The UEFA disciplinary inspector now has until 8 January to lodge an appeal, the same deadline that applies to any appeals the FA and the Serbian Football Federation may make.
–BBC
