Balkans Tensions

[bovril]

1 minute ago, the fox said:

You mean the 2 refugees? Xhaka's father was imprisoned for 3 years for protesting IIRC

What did he have against the Indiana Interstate Railway Co.? 

[Voll Blau]

Interesting piece on this...

 

http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/24/for-serbs-switzerland-isnt-neutral/

[Stadt]

This was worse and nothing that consequential happened 

 

[The whole world smiles]

On 24/06/2018 at 10:56, The Horse's Mouth said:

yeah there's going to be another war cause of a celebration in football

Funnily enough the 1st Balkans war started with a game of football.

 

https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/09/28/zvonimir-boban-and-the-kick-that-started-a-war/

[MC Prussian]

1 hour ago, Wookie said:

This was worse and nothing that consequential happened 

 

Apart from a fine, points deduction and Serbia having to play two home games in an empty stadium. Add to that political tensions and brawls in Serbia, Montenegro and Albania, with locals chasing after ethnic Greeks.

[Stadt]

9 minutes ago, MC Prussian said:

Apart from a fine, points deduction and Serbia having to play two home games in an empty stadium. Add to that political tensions and brawls in Serbia, Montenegro and Albania, with locals chasing after ethnic Greeks.

It settled down again quickly. Two celebrations from Swiss players aren't going to kick off another Balkan war

[Jaspa]

Liechtensteiner got himself caught up in the Albanian Eagle celebration too, could also face a two match ban.

 

He isnt remotely Albanian either, he just went along with it

[SheppyFox]

Couldn’t possibly care less  

[KFS]

42 minutes ago, SpazticChicken said:

Liechtensteiner got himself caught up in the Albanian Eagle celebration too, could also face a two match ban.

 

He isnt remotely Albanian either, he just went along with it

This is the most Arsenal thing ever, he'll fit right in ???

[bovril]

1 hour ago, The whole world smiles said:

Funnily enough the 1st Balkans war started with a game of football.

 

https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/09/28/zvonimir-boban-and-the-kick-that-started-a-war/

This should probably be in the pedantry thread, but it wasn't the first and it wasn't really a Balkan War. The first Balkan war was in the 1910s. 

 

Interesting moment in football history though.