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lifeintheslowlane

lifeintheslowlane

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Crowd trouble in the Serbia/Albania game. Been watching Tadic but just before half time the Serbian crowd started lobbing flares when the Albanians had a corner.

 

Then an Albanian flag appeared being flown from a quad drone around head high...a Serbian player pulled it down and the Albanian players piled into him.

 

Quite entertaining really.

 

Sky Sports 5 on the red button.

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JackFrost

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I remember someone I know went to a Serbia-Montenegro - Bosnia-Herzegovina qualifier about 10-12 years ago and the fans were throwing flares/chairs at each other about 10 mins into the game. When they get going in that area it can get pretty mental.

Sour Mash

Sour Mash

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Crowd trouble in the Serbia/Albania game. Been watching Tadic but just before half time the Serbian crowd started lobbing flares when the Albanians had a corner.

 

Then an Albanian flag appeared being flown from a quad drone around head high...a Serbian player pulled it down and the Albanian players piled into him.

 

Quite entertaining really.

 

Sky Sports 5 on the red button.

 

I only switched on at half time, in the hope of watching a bit of Tadic, was wondering why half time was taking so long until I turned on twitter. I hadn't thought about the potential hostility between the two, Kosovo etc.

svetac

svetac

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Referee

 

Martin Atkinson (ENG)

Assistant referees

 

Michael Mullarkey (ENG)

 

Stephen Child (ENG)

Fourth official

 

Peter Kirkup (ENG)

Additional assistant referees

 

Anthony Taylor (ENG)

 

Craig Pawson (ENG)

SNSUN

SNSUN

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Did Tadic get stuck in at all?

 

Guess its bad news for us, as hell have to head out and play another international some time this season.

 

******** to that, get him the hell out of there!

saintadjg

saintadjg

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If that was England we'd be banned from all competition for god knows how long. Why do we seem to be treated so different to the rest of the world when it comes to hooliganism

Kokakole

Kokakole

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I'm in Serbia. It's unclear whether Tadic got stuck in - I can't see him on the footage. I can't tell who'll get fined more: Serbia for our part in organising this shambles and for the flares the fans threw onto the pitch, or Albania for the drone which flew the flag, which was obviously meant to serve as a provocation.

 

In any case, the match was postponed just an hour ago, despite the UEFA delegate apparently saying it could continue, because the Albanian players were apparently unwilling to go back onto the pitch. I think the only way it gets replayed is if it's played before empty stands. We'll see. Either way, another crappy day for Serbian and Balkan football.

Kokakole

Kokakole

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It means Greater Albanian provocation at Humska street (where the stadium is).

 

I take your point and I'm far, far, far from a nationalist, but this was clearly designed to be a provocation - the flag shows the map of a 'Greater Albania', including parts of Serbia. Nonetheless, that doesn't justify the fans who stormed onto the pitch, the flares, etc.

 

In a bizarre twist, the brother of the Prime Minister of Albania has apparently been arrested and charged with orchestrating this. So it may turn into a diplomatic incident yet....

Sour Mash

Sour Mash

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It means Greater Albanian provocation at Humska street (where the stadium is).

 

I take your point and I'm far, far, far from a nationalist, but this was clearly designed to be a provocation - the flag shows the map of a 'Greater Albania', including parts of Serbia. Nonetheless, that doesn't justify the fans who stormed onto the pitch, the flares, etc.

 

In a bizarre twist, the brother of the Prime Minister of Albania has apparently been arrested and charged with orchestrating this. So it may turn into a diplomatic incident yet....

I don't think the Serbs actually behaved badly considering the context and the provocation. I'm not up to speed on the issue, but was surprised that the Albanians decided to be provocateurs in this incident.
SNSUN

SNSUN

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Fair play to Kolarov, he seemed to be doing his utmost to calm an incredibly febrile atmosphere down.

 

Had to look that up....

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Well for once it seems like Serbia aren't entirely to blame. Albanian provocation through the drone, and Albanian overreaction when it was pulled down so the game could continue. Serbians reacted to that, yeah, and their fans as usual were a disgrace but i think the Albanians are the ones who have to take responsibility for this.

alpine_saint

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Well for once it seems like Serbia aren't entirely to blame. Albanian provocation through the drone, and Albanian overreaction when it was pulled down so the game could continue. Serbians reacted to that, yeah, and their fans as usual were a disgrace but i think the Albanians are the ones who have to take responsibility for this.

 

I would argue that the Albania FA should be punished, since one of their VIPs is allegedly responsible, the Serbian FA should be punished for the behaviour of their fans, and also Mitrovic for making it kick off and the Serbia official who came on to the pitch and started dishing it out to the Albanian team.

Minsk

Minsk

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It means Greater Albanian provocation at Humska street (where the stadium is).

 

I take your point and I'm far, far, far from a nationalist, but this was clearly designed to be a provocation - the flag shows the map of a 'Greater Albania', including parts of Serbia. Nonetheless, that doesn't justify the fans who stormed onto the pitch, the flares, etc.

 

In a bizarre twist, the brother of the Prime Minister of Albania has apparently been arrested and charged with orchestrating this. So it may turn into a diplomatic incident yet....

 

I travelled through Serbia twice this summer, on the way too and from Montenegro. You have a beautiful country, with even more beautiful girls - and that comes from somebody who lives in Belarus!

 

And, on topic, I hope Tadic was unharmed in all of this..........

angelman

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@GaryLineker: “@m_christenson: An absolutely extraordinary video of the violence at Serbia v Albania: https://t.co/02nmtigCn0 (via @AndiKasmi).

 

Properly kicking off! Tadic can been seen a number of times in this video.

 

 

To be fair, the Serbian players after the initial skirmish behaved pretty well in trying to calm things down and protect the Albanians from the mad Ultras and get the Serb "supporters" off the pitch. And the initial skirmish between the players was manageable until the bloke with the chair came into it.

 

The police were pathetic.

Kokakole

Kokakole

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I travelled through Serbia twice this summer, on the way too and from Montenegro. You have a beautiful country, with even more beautiful girls - and that comes from somebody who lives in Belarus!

 

And, on topic, I hope Tadic was unharmed in all of this..........

 

Thanks. It is a beautiful country, and the girls are amazing, and individually people are pretty sound, but there's been a collective madness since about 1987 that hasn't gone away. I'm sick of these sorts of things happening, whoever is responsible.

Saint_clark

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I travelled through Serbia twice this summer, on the way too and from Montenegro. You have a beautiful country, with even more beautiful girls - and that comes from somebody who lives in Belarus!

 

And, on topic, I hope Tadic was unharmed in all of this..........

 

Rule one.

Olly

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Serbian fans are nutters, I went on a Rugby tour to Belgrade in U16s, where we stayed in an orphanage. One of the kids there who was about 12 or 13 at ****ing knuckle dusters for when he went to matches in Belgrade!

Secret Site Agent

Secret Site Agent

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How is this Saints related?

 

I'll tell you how this is sainst related. I watched all the videos and have yet to see Tadic kicking off, and attacking another player, just displaying a cool head. Which is nice to know in future.

badgerx16

badgerx16

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I'm off to the shops to buy a Stoke flag and a drone, Those three points will be ours!! ha ha ha

 

Serbia have been awarded a 3-0 win - but also had 3 points deducted.

Hatch

Hatch

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Serbia have been awarded a 3-0 win - but also had 3 points deducted.

 

 

:mcinnes: maybe I should read things properly before jumping in two footed!

farawaysaint

farawaysaint

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Serbia have been awarded a 3-0 win - but also had 3 points deducted.

 

At first glance it makes no sense but you have to think in legal terms I suppose. Any abandoned match is automatically a 3-0 walkover in terms of their own legislation so they had to offset the benefit by deducting three points. I wonder if Serbia keeps the gd though?

Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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At first glance it makes no sense but you have to think in legal terms I suppose. Any abandoned match is automatically a 3-0 walkover in terms of their own legislation so they had to offset the benefit by deducting three points. I wonder if Serbia keeps the gd though?

 

Nobody gets the points and it avoids a replay. I expect the +3 goal difference will stay but EUFA are a law unto themselves.

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