Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend Z.Safarov / The presence of Azerbaijani and Armenian national teams in the same group of the European Cup 2008 is our fault, Michel Platini, head of UEFA, said at a news conference in Baku.
He said that the issue regarding the match between the two teams has been analyzed in detail and afterwards UEFA made the decision not to hold the qualifying matches.
"We are aware of the situation and will try to avoid the further presence of Azerbaijan and Armenia in one group in the qualifying round of the World Championship in 2010," Platini said.
In turn FIFA Head Joseph Blatter said that sports should be far from politics. "At this moment there evolves an idea to present Afghanistan a quota at the Olympic games. Another example can be the recent victory of the Iraqi national team at the recent Asian Cup. Sports, particularly football should unite people," Blatter said.