Uefa is investigating the match between Israel and Ireland - allegedly spat on

The spat must have happened when the teams left the pitch for the half-time break.

Uefa has appointed an ethics and disciplinary inspector following "the official reports that contained an allegation of an incident in or near the players' tunnel during the half-time break," it said in a statement.

The Nations League meetings between Israel and Ireland, played at neutral venues, have been marked by controversy and strong reactions. There was talk of a boycott from Ireland with reference to Israel's war against the terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza.

The Irish national team players then wore black bands around the sleeves of their match shirts, as a symbol of "all the lives lost in the conflict" and they refused to shake hands with the Israeli players, something that angered Israel.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accuses the Irish national team of being on the "wrong side of history". In support of his criticism, he referred to an international match in Bremen in 1939, when Irish players did the Nazi salute before the match against Germany.

Israeli journalists were also denied access to the post-match press conference on Sunday, according to Sky News.

The reason goes back to an earlier press meeting during the Nations League gathering, after the first meeting between the teams. At the time, an Israeli journalist asked questions about the high-profile incident in which a co-pilot is suspected of trying to take control and crash a plane en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

Another Israeli journalist accused Irish players of racial slurs against Israeli players. This was not appreciated by Ireland's head of communications who was so incensed that he canceled the press conference.

Ireland won the first meeting 3–0. The second meeting ended 1–1.