Legia appeal to Uefa’s sense of fair play

Legia Warsaw have called on Uefa to follow its own "football first" principle when their appeal against their effective Champions League expulsion is heard.

Uefa’s control and disciplinary body will today hear Legia’s appeal against the governing body’s decision to award Celtic a 3-0 second-leg victory following the Polish champions’ registration error.

Legia saw a 6-1 aggregate victory turned into an away-goals defeat after bringing on Bartosz Bereszynski in the belief that he had served a three-match ban — only to discover they had not registered him in their squad for the previous round.