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Players at the national team's celebration of winning Euro 2024
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It's Spanish", sparking an outcry and complaint from the Gibraltar Football Association.
In an official statement, the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) said, "We have taken note of the highly provocative and insulting behavior of the Spanish men's national team at the celebrations for winning Euro 2024." The statement noted that the Spanish national team's singing of Gibraltar-related songs during the celebrations was provocative and insulting, and not in keeping with the proper spirit of the game of soccer.
The Gibraltar Football Association has formally complained to UEFA about this behavior, with a statement emphasizing that "soccer does not tolerate behavior of this nature." They hope that UEFA will investigate the incident and take appropriate measures.
Gibraltar is a small peninsula situated at the southern tip of Spain, bordered to the north by the Spanish province of Cadiz in Andalusia. Under the Treaty of 1713, Gibraltar was ceded to the United Kingdom and remains a British Overseas Territory to this day, and the question of the ownership of this territory has long been a sensitive subject between Spain and the United Kingdom.
The incident has undoubtedly cast a shadow over the Spanish national team's Euro triumph and has sparked a wide-ranging debate about what soccer players say and do in public. Fans and media alike are closely watching the outcome of UEFA's handling of this complaint.
