
(Reuters) - Spain will don black armbands for Wednesday's Euro 2012 semi-final against Portugal to honor Miquel Roque, a Real Betis defender who died of cancer at the weekend aged 23, the nation's soccer federation (RFEF) said in a statement. There was some confusion earlier on Wednesday as to whether Spain would be allowed to pay homage to the player, who started out in Barcelona's youth ranks and had a stint at Liverpool. UEFA published a statement saying it had not received a request from the Spanish to hold a minute's silence before the match in Donetsk. ...
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