William Gaillard
William Gaillard
William Gaillard is the director of communications and public affairs for the Union of European Football Associations. He is also the Senior Advisor to the President of UEFA Michel Platini...
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I hope Rio Ferdinand plays for a long time but I truly believe, before his career is over, we will have dealt with this problem. I think UEFA has been relentless in its fight against racism.
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In the case of one injury, nothing can be done.
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Chelsea told us that they were playing the next day and of course we understood that,
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In the upcoming season, England will be the only national association ever, and for the last time, that will be allowed to have five clubs.
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We're never more criticized than when we impose sanctions for racism.
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UEFA has been relentless in its fight against racism and we are always ready to do more.
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If we start analyzing every single action of a game, we may have a situation where litigation becomes the main occupation of UEFA.
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Unfortunately, these are things that happen during a tourist season. We want to underline the fact that with fan behavior, we have had no problems.
behavior fact fan happen tourist
Unfortunately, these are things that happen during a tourist season, ... We want to underline the fact that with fan behavior, we have had no problems.
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We've stated very recently that we are not in favor of having firearms on board,
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It is one clear case in which technology is creeping on us without us being aware. We did not imagine that images would play such a big role in this tournament.
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I think people should keep in mind that these are not highly paid people, they're not like the players or the coaches.
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We had two UEFA officials there and neither witnessed (Rijkaard in the referee's changing-room at half-time). The referee's dressing room was locked and he and his assistants were the only people allowed in.
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I was quite surprised to hear that he wanted the slate cleaned, because as far as we were concerned everything had already been sorted out.