What’s in the shirt? For Russia and Ukraine, those are decades of history, memory and political conflicts. Earlier this week, Russian football officials handed over the appeal to UEFA authorities after Ukraine revealed its tournament jersey, which shows a map of the country and the US slogans “Glory to Ukraine!” and “Glory to the heroes!” The Russians were annoyed by the nationalist chanting, as well as the presence of a map of Crimea – a peninsula that Russia unilaterally annexed in 2014 – and said the use of such “political motives” was contrary to UEFA regulations.
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