On the sector, Serbia equalized within the last seconds to attract 1-1 with Slovenia on Thursday afternoon, to maintain alive its hopes of advancing within the match.
However earlier than the match began, Jovan Šurbatović, normal secretary of FSS, mentioned he had complained about Serbia’s regional rivals.
“What occurred is scandalous and we’ll ask UEFA for sanctions, even when it means not persevering with the competitors. If UEFA doesn’t punish them, we’ll take into consideration find out how to proceed,” Šurbatović advised Serbian state-owned broadcaster RTS, including that he’s certain they are going to be punished as a result of “UEFA has already responded to our enchantment to take away the so-called journalist from Albania from the championship.”
The journalist in query — who’s the truth is Kosovan — was barred Wednesday from the remainder of the match after making a nationalist eagle gesture towards Serbian followers through the nation’s match towards England on Sunday. Serbia doesn’t acknowledge Kosovo, despite the fact that the latter turned a full member of UEFA in 2016 and has been acknowledged by 104 of the 193 members of the United Nations.
The Balkan nations have been protecting UEFA busy because the match kicked off final week.
Albania and Serbia had been every fined Є10,000 on Wednesday for displaying banners with nationalist maps.