Jovan Surbatovicgeneral secretary of the Serbian Football Association, threatened this Thursday with the withdrawal of his team from Euro 2024 because of the chants heard from a sector of the fans of the rivalry that faced. Croatia already Albania and where they chanted “kill the Serb.”
In statements to RTSthe Serbian state broadcaster, Surbatovic asked UEFA to adopt a “severe” sanction against the Federations of the Croatian and Albanian national teams or, otherwise, Serbia continue to act.
“It’s scandalous”
“What happened is a scandal and we will ask UEFA for sanctions, even if it means not continuing the competition. We will ask UEFA to sanction the federations of both teams. If UEFA does not sanction them, we will think about how we can proceed,” he said. Surbatovic.
Serbia has already been fined 12,550 pounds by UEFA after its fans threw objects during a match against England. And how Albaniaalso received punishment because fans from both countries displayed banners of nationalist maps.
“We were punished for isolated cases and our fans behaved better than others. One fan was punished for racist insults and we don’t want to associate it with others. We Erbs are sir and we have an open heart, so I ask the fans May they continue to be gentlemen,” he concluded. Surbatovic.
Source: La Verdad
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