Due to the outbreak and weather, the schedule of Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur is fragmented, with four games postponed so far, including 1 Europa League group stage and 3 Premier League games. When to replay these matches is a head-scratching puzzle.
Just at 17:50 Beijing time today, UEFA officially announced that Tottenham Hotspur's European Cup group match against Rennes was awarded a 0-3 loss, and Tottenham Hotspur ranked third in the group and missed the next stage of European competition.
The match was originally scheduled to take place at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 10, but at that time, there was a serious outbreak in the Tottenham hot spot, and Conte said that 8 first-team players and 5 staff members tested positive for covid-19.
Tottenham then applied to UEFA for an extension of the match, which did not cancel the match immediately, and it was only a few hours before the start of the match that UEFA finally confirmed the postponement of the match. Rennes, who have arrived in London, see it as a unilateral decision by Spurs and accuse Them of "violating the principle of fairness".
During the finalization of the subsequent play-up dates, Tottenham and UEFA, as well as opponents Rennes, struggled to agree on the tee time. UEFA has made it clear that all European group stages this season must be completed by December 31 this year at the latest, and this game is no longer possible to complete in 2021.
On 11 December, UEFA officially announced that the dispute between Tottenham and Rennes had been referred to the UEFA Disciplinary Committee, which would rule on specific regulations.
So today, UEFA officially ruled under section 30(4) of the disciplinary regulations, ruling that Tottenham hotspur had forgone a 0-3 defeat to Rennes.
In this way, Rennes won 4 wins and 2 draws and accumulated 14 points, and the top spot in the group qualified. Dutch side Vitesse scored 10 points with 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats, and the second place in the group advanced to the play-offs against Vienna Fast. Spurs finished third in the group with 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, and did not qualify, ending this season's European journey early.
An official Tottenham spokesman said: "We are disappointed by the ruling of UEFA's relevant bodies, as well as the refusal to provide more time to reschedule the game. But we have to accept that ruling and now we want to focus on other events. ”
Being judged to lose and get out is actually a relief for Tottenham. Tottenham Simply can't find the right time to restart the game is one of them, and the European Cup event is only a third-level European competition after all, and the prize money is not as good as the Europa League, which is purely chicken ribs, and the actual loss is not large.
The more important reason is that Tottenham have been postponed too many Premier League games, and the 2-2 draw with Liverpool in the early morning of this morning is only the 15th league game that Tottenham has played this season.
On November 28, Burnley vs Tottenham hotspur was postponed due to blizzard weather; on December 12, Brighton vs Tottenham hotspur was postponed due to the epidemic; and on December 17, Leicester City vs Tottenham was also postponed.
In the first half of next year's schedule, how to cram into these three Tottenham hot spots is a test of the FA arrangement. Of course, there are also teams like Manchester United, Burnley, Watford, Brighton, Leicester City and other teams have also been postponed for at least two games, which can be said to be a whole body.
This past weekend, the 10 games in the 18th round of the Premier League were scheduled to play, and only 4 games were played.
In the Standings after 18 rounds of the Premier League, each team played differently. The most played was 18 and the least 15. I hope that the epidemic situation of the Premier League teams will be controlled as soon as possible, and we don't want the Premier League to stop again!