Spain see off Kosovo after diplomatic spat
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Wednesday in a World Cup qualifier overshadowed by a pre-match diplomatic
dispute.
Goals from Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres and second-half substitute Gerard
Moreno put Spain on top of Group B in the race to qualify for the 2022 finals
in Qatar.
The political controversy stemmed from the description of Kosovo as a
“territory” by the Spanish Football Federation when it published Spain’s
fixtures in a group also containing Sweden, Greece and Georgia.
The description was not appreciated in Kosovo, the former Serbian province
of 1.8 million people which declared its independence in 2008.
In response, the Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK), said in a statement
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