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UEFA insists national football championship should not be cancelled

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Bulgaria risks not participating in Euroleague football matches in 2021 if the national football championship is not played until the end. UEFA wrote this in an explanation to its 55 member states. We are convinced that football can be restarted in the coming months in the order dictated by the public authorities and any cancellation of home tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic at this state is premature and unjustified, reads the letter received by the Bulgarian Football Union. Its Vice-President Atanas Furnadzhiev has repeatedly called for concluding the Bulgarian championship and giving the title to Ludogorets FC without completing all matches planned in the tournament.



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