Swiss club Servette midfielder Gael Hondoit was unable to arrive in Scotland for the first match of the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Rangers because of his Russian passport. The British authorities did not issue a visa to the 27-year-old Cameroon footballer, so he was not included in the delegation of his team for the match in Glasgow. This was reported on the official website of " Gael Ondua denied trip to Glasgow. He has not yet been issued a visa by the British authorities.. The player will not go to Glasgow. Significant efforts made more than two weeks ago by the club and its player, including in cooperation with the Scottish Football Association, turned out to be few. The club regrets this situation and supports its player and his team, which, for unsportsmanlike reasons, will have to play without an important player," Rangers vs Servette on August 9. The game starts at 21:45 Kyiv time. The second leg of the team will play on August 15 in Switzerland. The winner of the matchup in the Champions League playoff round will fight for the group stage with the strongest PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) - Sturm (Austria). Gael Ondua: what is known about the football playerOndua was born in Cameroon, but grew up in Russia. His father worked at the Cameroon Embassy in Moscow. The football player has dual citizenship - Cameroon and Russia. At the beginning of 2022, he was going to play for the Russian national team, but after the terrorist state was thrown out of international football, he agreed to a challenge from the Cameroon national team. Interestingly, in December 2017, Ondua signed a contract with Zorya Luhansk. However, already in March 2018, he left the Ukrainian team without playing a single match for it.. His next club was the Russian " Now Gael defends the colors of the Swiss " At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Ondua played for the Cameroon national team with the flag of the aggressor country on his boots.

This caused a wave of indignation among football fans, including among Ukrainian fans.. Gael himself found a shameful excuse for his performances at the World Cup in boots with the flag of Russia - he said on social networks that he was doing this as a sign of respect for the country in which he grew up and received a football education. In turn, FIFA decided to turn a blind eye to Ondua's actions and did not apply any sanctions to the Cameroon national team player..