One night of football has sparked weeks of debate and outrage.
No Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will be allowed to attend their Europa league match away to Aston Villa.
The game had been classed as “high risk” by West Midlands Police, with Birmingham’s Safety Advisory Group taking the decision to block fans from the Israeli club from attending.
That decision was called a ‘national disgrace’ and ‘wrong’ by politicians. Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are asking, why us?
BBC Sport explains how we got to this point and what is behind the controversy.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 How did we get here?
00:52 The police
01:18 One of the most politically charged fixtures
03:38 Politicians step in
05:50 The fan perspective
06:55 Why this could be the most political match of the century
07:46 Closing thoughts
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