Summary Albanian federation secretary says the decision of the commission is wierd and unacceptable.
TIRANA (AFP) - Albania s football federation will appeal UEFA s decision to award their aborted Euro 2016 qualifier to Serbia by a 3-0 scoreline.
The October 14 match in Belgrade had to be called off after home fans invaded the pitch and attacked Albania players when a drone carrying a pro-Albanian flag flew over the stadium.
"The UEFA commission s decision does not give justice," blasted Albania coach Gianni De Biazi. "The three points belong to Albania and they ve taken away from us what we ve deserved."
Albanian federation Secretary General Ilir Shulku said: "The decision of the commission is wierd and unacceptable.
"The Albanian football federation will appeal against the decision demanding three points for victory."
UEFA awarded the match 3-0 to Serbia but docked them the three points in the qualifying group and ordered the Balkan nation to play their next two home games behind closed doors.
The Albanian and Serbian federations were each fined 100,000 euros ($126,000) for their responsibility in the incidents.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama slammed the decision and backed the federation s intention to appeal.
"Today the justice has not been served regarding what had happened at the Belgrade stadium," Rama wrote on his Twitter profile.
The Albanian football federation lawyer Artan Hajdari qualified UEFA decision as "weird" and a "parody."
"We will continue our fight for justice... because the case of racism was not considered," he said.
Officials of Serbian football federation (FSS) were to meet later Friday to discuss the UEFA decision and react, FSS said on its web site.
The match in Belgrade was halted on October 14 after home fans invaded the pitch and attacked Albania players after a flag with map of "Great Albania," a nationalist project seeking to unite all Albanians in one state, was carried over the stadium by a drone.
