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An independent commission gave Tondi Ekert a criminal sentence and a fine, putting a lid on the bitter scandal surrounding the consequences of his rivals in the Championship.
Southampton head coach Tonda Ekert received a real disqualification for her fate in the case of illegal punishment for training, the super team. Following a rumor that emerged on June 24, the Independent Regulatory Commission imposed a six-day offence, a fine on football activities (until the end of the 2027/28 season), with a fine of 28,000.
The scandal erupted after a Southampton trainee analyst was tagged in a video of Middlesbrough's closed training session ahead of the first match of last season's Championship play-off final (the teams played 0-0, and.
Over the years, the club has become known as two of its rivals - Oxford United and Ipswich Town.. As a result of the English Football League, Southampton were excluded from the play-off finals and lost a few points at the start of the current season..
Then the league called the club “planned and purposeful” for violating the principles of integrity. The Football Association (a three-month disqualification for Ekert, however, the commission advocated for the club’s “blame-free arrangements”.
The letter decision indicates that the coach has revealed “deep and meaningful justice”, becoming “including an enemy witness”, and three episodes of spying do not indicate “systematic and organized behavior”. Southampton's leadership welcomed the decision of the independent commission.
Club manager Dragan Solak expressed joy at the fact that Eckert could continue his work, calling him “one of the most popular young coaches in Europe.”. Recently, Solak harshly criticized the previous sanctions:.
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" “There is so much more that cannot be said about the process of the English Football League, and we will not forget the stinks that came before us all these years ago.”.
Previously, the club called the punishment clearly disproportionate to all previous sanctions in the history of English football. After taking the point, Southampton now sits in 13th place in the Championship standings, with 10 points in their assets (the fourth position adds up to the points). Tondi Ekert's teammate will play his upcoming match on the 11th in the main derby against Portsmouth.