AdvertisementSpain's Euro 2024-winning captain Alvaro Morata and midfielder Rodri accept been handed one-match bans by UEFA for chanting "Gibraltar is Spanish" during their achievement celebrations

The chanting took abode in advanced of tens of bags of Spain admirers in Cibeles Square, Madrid on 15 July as players acclaimed their 2-1 Euro 2024 final achievement over England

The brace were complex in the arguable adventure afterwards Spain defeated England in the final aftermost month. Their accomplishments sparked a complaint from the Gibraltar Football Association, which accounted the chants "provocative and insulting." UEFA has disqualified that the players breached conduct regulations and brought the action into disrepute. As a result, both Morata and Rodri will absence Spain's accessible Nations League bout adjoin Serbia

The Gibraltar-Spain territorial altercation is a abiding issue, with Spain claiming ascendancy over the British territory. The adventure has reignited tensions amid the two sides