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OR Spain-Kosovo tonight It was marked, in the broadcast of the Spanish state television RTVE, by the non-recognition of Kosovo as a country, imposed by the local government, something that has happened for historical reasons since the independence of Kosovo, in 2008.
Thus, during the RTVE broadcast, the commentators were forced to follow political issues to the letter, having referred to Kosovo as “the team of the Kosovo federation” on several occasions, as was evident in Kosovo’s goal. , marked by Halimi, or in the 3-1 of Spain, designated by Gerard Moreno.
Halimi’s goal in which RTVE refers to Kosovo as a “federative team”:
The same, but in Gerard Moreno’s goal:
In the marker that accompanied the broadcast on RTVE, the initials of Kosovo appeared in lowercase [kos], something also related to this lack of political recognition.
Why doesn’t Spain recognize Kosovo?
Kosovo’s declaration of independence was signed in 2008, something that was denied by several countries, such as Spain (one of the few in Europe with this position), in addition to Russia, Serbia, but also Greece or Georgia (these two also opponents of Kosovo in qualifying for the World Cup). Kosovo is seen by several of them, not as a country, but as a separatist province of Serbia, even though the Serbs have not interfered in its administration for more than two decades.
Kosovo is recognized by more than half of the member states of the United Nations (98 out of 193). As has been said, among those that do not do so is Spain, which has always maintained its position in recent years, trying to avoid a recognition that could be interpreted as a risky precedent. This happens a lot because of the similarities that exist with the nationalisms present in the Spanish territory, with the case of Catalonia discouraging Spain from recognizing Kosovo as an independent country.
In 2018, the Spanish Ministry of International Relations, then led by Josep Borrel, was very clear about this rejection. “Spain does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and that position does not change even if the Spanish team plays in an international tournament with the Kosovar team.” The Spanish Government maintains, to date, the same position, something that was reflected in the broadcast in Spanish of tonight’s departure.
The Kosovo team is recognized as an official member of UEFA and FIFA, after having played its first official match against Finland on 5 September 2016.
