World Cup: Group E: Serbia vs. Switzerland, 6/22/2018

[PanniniClaus]

Yes, there were similar incidents in Switzerland with 6 injuries, no police officers though.

Sport is often said to be able to unite people. In this case football is breaking up old wounds. Serbian coach compared the referee with war criminals. Said he should be sent to Den Haag. This has no place at a World Championship, I hope he'll be banned.

I agree - Sport is supposed to unite. I don't have patience for any of the political garbage. None of it.

There's plenty of blame to go around....

 

[robertmac43]

Unfortunately sport is inherently political, the two nexuses are intertwined and they likely always will be.

 

[Edo]

The Serbian players, fans, and coaches, are the thinnest skinned group in football today. The stuff their fans chant and some of the stuff they do, should have them play every one of their NT games behind closed doors. It'd be as if German fans brought Hitler posters to game in the 1960's and sang Nazi time war songs. What Xhaka and Shaqiri did is so low on the totem pole of offensive crap that can happen at a game.

It'd be a joke if those two were suspended. Serbian players do this crap all the time and nothing happens to them.

 

[cgf]

Unfortunately sport is inherently political, the two nexuses are intertwined and they likely always will be.

Yeah, not putting our energy in the sport's ability to function for good is just conceding the sport to those who would use it to divide & agitate.

Plus it's better to have people expressing political frustration through the way they celebrate & chant, than having them express themselves violence.