Albania-Serbia is a high-risk match, UEFA sends a former police chief to the stadium with full force

UEFA has allowed Albania and Serbia to be potential opponents even after the riots in Belgrade in the Euro 2016 qualifiers, and after 10 years, the draw put them face to face again in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

However, the institution that governs continental football considers these matches to be very high-risk, so an expert has been dispatched to monitor everything.

The delegate of today's match, practically UEFA's all-powerful man in the stadium who has every major decision in hand due to riots, even its ban, is the Swiss Jacques Antenen. His specialty is that he is a security expert thanks to his extraordinary experience with over a decade as police chief in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

For those who don't know, the canton in question is the one where UEFA's offices are located, so Jacques Anténen is a very well-known name for the football institution. It is no coincidence that in addition to working as a police chief, or even later as an independent security expert, he has also played the role of an external UEFA official, as an advisor on security at events or even a delegate for special matches.

And in 2023, it was Antenen who was appointed as the delegate for the Champions League final match in Istanbul between Manchester City and Inter, which was considered to be of high risk due to the large displacement of English fans to Turkey.

Therefore, it is no coincidence that UEFA has sent one of the most trusted people with the greatest expertise for today's match in Tirana, as it considers it one of the most delicate of these qualifiers.

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