Serbia has appealed to UEFA and is threatening to withdraw from the Euro

ONE | system
Serbian national team players (Reuters)
Serbian national team players (Reuters)

https://omny.fm/shows/onesport/1

in the hours before Serbia’s match against Slovenia In the Euro, quite a bit of drama unfolded. The Serbs are furious with the fans of Croatia and Albania and threatened that if they are not punished, they will withdraw from the European Championship.

hours before the game, the Secretary General of the Serbian Federation, Johan Surbatovic, appealed to UEFA demanding an immediate penalty on Croatia and Albania following songs condemning Serbia during their Euro match yesterday. The claim is that Croatian and Albanian fans chanted: “Kill, kill, kill the Serbs”.

Surbatovic explained his appeal to Op“A: “What happened is a scandal and we are asking UEFA to impose penalties, even if it means we will not continue playing in the tournament. We are sure that they will be punished even though they have already responded to our request to remove an Albanian journalist from the tournament.

Croatia will be punished because of its fans?  (Radad Jabara)Croatia will be punished because of its fans? (Radad Jabara)

“We will demand that UEFA punish the associations of the two national teams (Croatia and Albania). We do not want to reach this moment, but if UEFA does not punish them, we will think about our steps.”

In addition to all this, the Serbian media called to punish Croatia for another incident. In the 69th minute of the match between Croatia and Serbia, a Croatian fan is seen waving a black scarf on which is written: “For the Fatherland”, except that this is a phrase that is associated with the fascist Ustasha from the Second World War. This is a parallel message to the Nazis’ ‘Heil Hitler’.

Croatian fan waving a scarf with a Nazi message (screenshot)Croatian fan waving a scarf with a Nazi message (screenshot)

As I remember, Albania was fined 37,375 euros following the events of the match against Italy, of which 10,000 euros were due to what was defined as “conveying provocative messages that are not suitable for a sporting event”. Serbia was fined 14,500 euros, of which 10,000 euros for waving a flag with a map of Serbia that includes Kosovo and the words: “Never give up”.

Fan fights in the Euros: both violence and laughter

ظهرت في الأصل على www.one.co.il

Leave a Comment