The European Football Union (UEFA) launches investigations against Spanish football club Captains Álvaro Morata and Rodrigo Hernández Cascante (Rodri) An ethics and disciplinary inspector will be appointed, UEFA announced, to investigate any possible breach of the disciplinary regulations by the two “in connection with the Behavior during the public presentation“ of the European Championship trophy on Monday evening in Madrid.
There was some confusion at the Spanish national team’s celebration after winning their fourth title. Morata introduced the players individually on stage. As right-back Dani Carvajal It was Morata’s turn, trying to get Jamal Musiala to make fun of him. He called Carvajal, who had fouled Musiala, a “pit bull” and asked sarcastically: “Where is Musiala? Where is he?” and added: “The best right-back in the world, Dani Carvajal!”
Final opponents England also got their fair share of criticism. Rodri repeatedly used the well-known battle cry of Spanish fans, which they tend to use to harass English opponents: “Gibraltar is Spanish”sang the 28-year-old and many of his teammates and fans joined in.
Gibraltar has been a bone of contention between Madrid and London for more than three centuries. The area at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula was taken over by the United Kingdom in 1704. Spain considers Gibraltar to be illegally occupied territory.