Moscow had balked at Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula that it had forcibly seized in 2014, being included in the outline of Ukraine that was emblazoned on the official jersey, as well as the slogans “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!” – Europe’s soccer governing body, UEFA, ordered Ukraine on June 10 to change its men’s national soccer team’s jersey based on a complaint from Russia that came a day before the month-long quadrennial tournament begins.Īt issue were two slogans and a map of Ukraine emblazoned on the jersey that the country unveiled on June 6 after which Russia’s foreign affairs ministry and several members of parliament publicly protested. The patriotic slogans “Glory to Ukraine!” on the outside (top) and “Glory to the Heroes!” on the inside collar of Ukraine’s Euro 2020 jerseys.
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