Thursday, June 20, 2024 - The Serbian national team has threatened to quit the 2024 European Championship if UEFA does not impose strict punishment on Croatia and Albania following offensive chants.
The two nations played a 2-2 draw in Hamburg, but the behaviour of their
respective fans has become a major talking point.
Both sets of supporters were heard shouting 'Kill the Serbs' during
their clash.
Now, the Serbian FA has called on European football's top governing body
to take action.
Serbia were also upset when a Kosovan TV journalist aimed an Albanian
'eagle' sign towards their fans during a live broadcast of their opening game
against England.
Arlind Sadiku, who reports for the television channel Artmotion, has
been banned from the remainder of the tournament for 'misconduct'.
'What happened is scandalous and we will ask UEFA for sanctions, even at
the cost of not continuing the competition,' Serbian FA General Secretary Jovan
Surbatovic said.
'We are sure that they will be punished, because they have already
responded to our appeal to remove the so-called journalist from Albania from
the championship. We will request UEFA to punish the federations of both
selections. We don't want to participate in that, but if UEFA doesn't punish
them, we will think about how to proceed.
'We were punished for the cases of fishing and our fans behaved much
better than the others. One fan was fined for racist abuse and we don't want it
to be attributed to others. We Serbs are gentlemen and we have an open heart,
so I appeal to the fans to remain gentlemen.'
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