Several media outlets published a news story yesterday (Tuesday - March 23) claiming to present a fight and scuffle between two Kosovo national football team players, goalkeeper Arianet Muriq and midfielder Edon Zhegrova.
The articles presenting this claim had titles such as “Muriqi got involved in a physical fight with Zhegrova, FFK only expelled the goalkeeper”. This claim, initially started by “indeksonline.net/”, was based on information within the Kosovo national football team camp, at a time when preparations for the upcoming matches were being made. This article was later distributed by several media outlets.
However, the claim presented by this medium, after a short time, turns out to be untrue. Its untruth was argued by the head coach of the national team, Bernard Challandes, as well as the apostrophized footballer herself, Edona Zhegrova.
Article published by indeksonline.net:
"Muriqi was involved in a physical fight with Zhegrova, FFK only expelled the goalkeeper"
Today, the Kosovo Football Federation gave the "shocking" news of the expulsion of goalkeeper Arijanet Muriqi from the national team. Muriqi has been removed from the Challandes team due to discipline. IndeksOnline learns that this expulsion came due to an incident at the "Emerald" hotel. The Kosovo duo, Edon Zhegorva and Arjanet Muriqi were involved in a physical fight that led to the removal of the goalkeeper of Williem II from the "Dardans". This "shock" comes just one day before the match with Lithuania. We recall that Kosovo will play two other main matches in addition to Lithuania. On Sunday they play against Sweden and on March 31 against Spain. / IndeksOnline ".
Link to the article published on indeksonline.net:
In fact, it is understood that the first goalkeeper of the Kosovo team, Muriq, has left the national team camp, but not because of any fight with Zhegroves, as claimed in the "indeksonline.net" article, but because of some disciplinary measures.
Denial of the news from Zhegrova and Challandes:
https://telegrafi.com/edon-zhegrova-mohon-te-jete-perplasur-arijanet-muricin/
Analyze:
The article published by “indeksonline.net” turns out to be unsubstantiated, since the allegations raised are not based on any facts. Moreover, the same allegation has been denied by one of the persons alleged to have been part of the event, such as the footballer Edon Zhegrova, but also by the coach Bernard Challandes himself. Based on the fact-checking and analysis of the facts, hibrid.info assesses this article as “misinformation”. The same article would not be assessed as such, if “indeksonline.net” would react after the denials and would support the claim made with any facts.
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.