So, the stories that I heard about Skendija's title are true
It was similar over here with Obilic, as the players were threatened with death. For example, a story that I heard from one person whose cousin was working in a security (similar things were said on TV as well):
Obilic was playing against OFK Beograd at the Karaburma stadium (OFK Beograd's stadium), and they were losing with 1:0 on half-time. During the break, Arkan entered the dressing room of OFK Beograd armed with AK-47 (shocking, but true
) saying something like: "will you let us win this match or should I use this baby?"
And then of course in the second half Obilic scored 3 goals and won with 3:1 in the end.
Zvezda also got a one match suspension for their audience after last autumn's derby where they were assaulting our players with "cannon strikes"
It was an atmosphere of lynching on Zvezda's stadium back then, and they only got a one match of suspension + an explanation from the Serbian Minister Of Defence (also their supporter) that "only Zvezda's supporters were on the level of the derby"
Novi Pazar quite often gets these punishments as well.
I saw the scene where Skendija fans burned the Macedonian flag (and when they were playing against Partizan they raised a huge Albanian flag on their tribune.......a point is more, of course, more than clear
They were thinking of the best ways to provoke since we were drawn together in that duel), and similar things were happening in Novi Pazar as well. The supporters of Novi Pazar were also burning the Serbian flag, they were raising the Turkish ones, and on one match against Partizan they even invited some supporters from
to come and root with them in Novi Pazar against Partizan
It is indeed ridicilious to have teams that play in your league and that treat you like that, but this is Balkan (ovo je Balkan, c'mon
), everything is possible and permittable.
Also, luckily, you have new people in charge of your national association now, while us.........
Well, Tole & Co. will rule until the end of the world
The most important thing for our Tole is that our league "is more regular than the others"
It's not regular, but it's "more regular than the others"
In
the situation is different when it comes to supporters. While other supporters do exist (like "Firma" of Vojvodina, "Crveni Djavoli" of Radnicki 1923, etc.......) it is mostly, or almost entirely a rivalary between Crvena Zvezda and Partizan
Real and Barca's rivalry is also quite huge, but when I compare it to this.........it doesn't get anywhere near
Even in the national team, it used to happen that Partizan fans support only those players who play or have played in Partizan, and Zvezda's fans support only those who play or have played in Crvena Zvezda etc etc
You know that those idiots tried to kill our goalie Vladimir Stojkovic because he moved from Crvena Zvezda to Partizan in Genoa, etc etc.......
In
it is first about Partizan and Crvena Zvezda and then about the national team. The supporters of Vojvodina, Radnicki etc.......don't have this problem but the proportion of people who support those teams (Vojvodina, I think has 3 % of supporters or even below that as being the 3rd biggest Serbian team.....what to speak of the others
) is extremely small, and most people from cities that have a local team competing in Jelen Super Liga (Kragujevac, Uzice, Nis, Novi Sad) support either Partizan or Crvena Zvezda
And it is an ok stadium.
