The Lithuanian women's national team has officially cancelled the matches against the terrorist accomplices, the Belarusian national team, which were to take place as part of the Euro 2025 qualifying tournament on 31 May and 4 June.
According to the official website of the Lithuanian Football Federation, UEFA has already confirmed this fact and imposed sanctions on our friends: in both matches, the Baltic team suffered technical defeats with a score of 0:3, and its federation must pay a fine of 5,000 euros.
"Finally, this issue has been officially resolved, and now we can look forward. We have received the sanctions we could have imagined, and most importantly, our team is not closed to finishing in the European Championship qualifiers. If we win our last two matches, we will be able to fight for second place in the group and progress to the next stage.
Sanctions and fines are not the main thing here, it was important to reiterate the LFF's position on the war and the aggressors," the organisation's official website quoted LFF President Edgaras Stankevicius as saying.
For its part, the UAF sent an official letter to the LFF leaders signed by President Andriy Shevchenko and Secretary General Ihor Hryshchenko.
"On behalf of the staff of the Ukrainian Football Association, let us take this opportunity to express our sincere respect and gratitude for your constant, reliable and strong support of Ukraine," the letter reads, "In addition, we greatly appreciate the public position and comments of the LFF leadership, which reminds the world that the brutal war in Ukraine is not over yet and the football family should not forget this and silently endure it.