Serbian journalist and photojournalist Aleksandar Aca explained why Serbian fans were shouting the name of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin before the match with the England team in the 2024 European Championship. Sports24.
“As far as I know, the video containing anti-Putin slogans was published by Serbs living in Germany. We have about 700,000 Serbian people there. They love Putin and chant his name because they see him as the savior of Serbia and the occupied southern Serbian province of Kosovo. “They did this out of love for him, and seriously, it wasn’t all done out of hatred,” he said.
The fight took place the day before, on June 16. The match ended with the Serbian team losing 0:1, with Jude Bellingham scoring the only goal. The Serbian national team will also compete against Slovenia (20 June at 16:00 Moscow time) and Denmark (25 June at 22:00 Moscow time) in its group.
Previously, the Union of European Football Associations initiated the ban on Russian flags in the matches of the Ukrainian national team at the European Championship held in Germany. At the time of writing, officials and security personnel at the Allianz Arena stadium, where the first match of the Ukrainian national team at Euro 2024 is being played, have been instructed on this issue and must remove the national Russian emblems at the entrance to prevent provocations. .
Previously German officials prohibited Bring Russian symbols to Euro 2024 fan zones.
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