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Food poisoning fells Luxembourg players

Luxembourg’s European championship qualifying game against Belarus may be called off after 16 players were struck down with food poisoning.

Luxembourg Football Federation spokesman Marc Diederich said that the players suffered “terrible stomachaches” and spent hours in the bathroom after eating a meal of spaghetti bolognaise on Sunday evening at the team’s hotel in the Belarusian capital Minsk. Team doctors treated the players with medicine and electrolytes. With 16 of the 20 players in the squad affected, “we are in close contact with UEFA” about possibly rearranging today’s Group C game and a decision is also expected today, Diederich said by telephone. On Saturday, Luxembourg celebrated a rare competitive win, beating Macedonia 1-0 at home.




 

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