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Polish fans chant anti-Russian slogans during UEFA Cup tie

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MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - Polish supporters chanted anti-Russian slogans during Moskva FC's UEFA Cup victory over Legia in Warsaw on Thursday evening, a Moskva official said.

"The whole stadium chanted for the entire match anti-Russian slogans," said Maxim Motin, adding that, "afterwards, the Polish journalists just talked politics, and forgot all about the game."

Motin said that UEFA may now look into the behavior of the Polish supporters.

He also accused the Polish players of refusing to observe "fair play" conventions by declining to return the ball to his side after they had put it into touch to allow Moskva players to get treatment for injuries.

The match came on the day that Poland and the U.S. signed a missile shield deal that would see the deployment of 10 interceptor missiles on Polish soil. The U.S. has said it needs the missiles to help protect against attacks from what it calls "rogue states."

Moscow has criticized the shield, saying it would threaten its national security.

The game was played as a fragile ceasefire took place in Georgia following five days of fighting that erupted on August 8 when Tbilisi launched an attack of the capital of breakaway South Ossetia. Poland was one of the countries that criticized Russia's response to the attack, which Moscow has said left 1,600 civilians dead. Most residents of South Ossetia have Russian citizenship.

As fighting raged, Polish President Lech Kaczynski appeared at a rally in Tbilisi in support of Georgia.

Moskva FC won the first leg of the UEFA Cup 2nd round qualifying match 2-1. The second leg will take place in the Russian capital on August 28.

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