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Austria's Marko Arnautovic (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's third goal during the Euro 2020 championship group C match between Austria and Northern Macedonia
UEFA is investigating Austria’s Marko Arnautovic after the North Macedonian football federation accused the striker of a nationalist outburst following his appearence at the European Championship.
The federation said the outburst was directed at Ezgjan Alioski, who is of Albanian origin. Arnautovic’s father is Serbian and his mother is Austrian.
“We are always against nationalism, discrimination and all other forms of insults and outbursts that are not in the spirit of football and the values that we all stand for together,” the federation said in a statement released late on Monday. “We will always stand up and defend the interests and dignity of the Macedonian national team wherever they play.”
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