Is there an official/unofficial agreement between footballers from rival nations in the former Yugoslavia to be respectful/sporting as part of a wider reconciliation effort?
I recall Olic being substituted in the European Cup quarter final second leg at Old Trafford in 2010. The tie was on a knife-edge but he jogged over to Vidic before departing and they embraced.
I understand Chelsea’s Serbs and Dzeko were groping each other in the pre-match niceties last night too. And when Jovetic came on he shook hands with Ivanovic as jogged past him onto the field.
Disgusting stuff all round. The lack of bitterness is sickening.
Just reading there that after the same amount of games last season Liverpool were 7 points off fourth. They now sit just 8 points off top… I think it was a defeat against Arsenal around this time of year that finally relinquished the fight for 4th last year - Massive game this weekend- Teams that counter quickly have destroyed Liverpool this year.
[quote=“Bandage, post: 898168, member: 9”]Is there an official/unofficial agreement between footballers from rival nations in the former Yugoslavia to be respectful/sporting as part of a wider reconciliation effort?
I recall Olic being substituted in the European Cup quarter final second leg at Old Trafford in 2010. The tie was on a knife-edge but he jogged over to Vidic before departing and they embraced.
I understand Chelsea’s Serbs and Dzeko were groping each other in the pre-match niceties last night too. And when Jovetic came on he shook hands with Ivanovic as jogged past him onto the field.
Disgusting stuff all round. The lack of bitterness is sickening.[/quote]
Sinisa Mihajlovic would be seething if he saw that carry on last night
“A week later Zvezda played Hajduk Split in the Yugoslav cup final. Hajduk won 1-0 but the game was at least as notable for the clash between Mihajlovic and Igor Stimac, now the coach of Croatia. “In one moment we were face to face,” Mihajlovic later revealed. “He leaned to me and said, his voice full of hatred, ‘I pray to God your whole family in Borovo gets murdered!’ At that moment I could have killed him with my teeth…” Mihajlovic made a series of bad fouls on Stimac and in the end both were sent off. Stimac and he have been sworn enemies ever since. “Here is a man who spread lies about me, such as that I was gay; he also said he could strangle me with his bare hands,” Stimac said. “But his mother is Croatian, his wife Italian, he married and baptised his children in a Catholic [as opposed to Serb Orthodox] church. I realise he has to try twice as hard as anyone else there to prove his allegiance to Serbia – but they will never accept him, no matter how much he carries Arkan’s picture around.”” http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/mar/21/sinisa-mihajlovic-serbia-croatia
