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Sweden-Israel U21 qualifier to go ahead as planned
Jun 2, 2010, 12:23 GMT
Stockholm - Europe's ruling football body UEFA has ruled that an under 21 Euro 2011 qualifier against Israel will go ahead as planned this week, the Swedish Football Association said Wednesday.
'Since the United Nations has not decided on any sanctions against Israel we are obliged to go ahead with the match under UEFA rules,' Swedish association president Lars-Ake Lagrell said in a statement.
UEFA told the Swedish Football Assocation that it had no seen any obstacles to the match, but was monitoring developments.
The Swedish association on Tuesday approached UEFA for guidance about the qualifier scheduled for Friday in Tel Aviv, citing the 'strong reactions in Sweden and around the world' after the Israeli raid on a flotilla of aid ships for Gaza.
Nine activists were killed when Israeli commandos stormed the ships.
The Swedish U21 squad is currently training in Cyprus.
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