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Angry Ukraine fans deluge FIFA's Facebook page with posts

Andriy Pavelko, President of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), attends a session of parliament, while holding a scarf and wearing a jersey of the Croatian national soccer team, in Kiev, Ukraine July 10, 2018. [Photo/Reuters]

Ukraine supporters have flooded the Facebook page of football governing body FIFA with over 158,000 comments, most saying “Glory to Ukraine”, after it fined Croatia’s assistant coach for a video in which he used the same slogan.

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