Serbs talk about betrayal after the events in Romania

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The match between the Romanian national football team and Kosovo was abandoned at the score of 0-0, on Friday evening, at the National Arena in Bucharest, in Group C2 of the League of Nations, after the visiting team withdrew from the field in the min. 90+5.

The match, which was a few tens of seconds away from its natural end after the additional time granted by the referee, ended grotesquely, with the Kosovo team leaving the field for no plausible reason, despite the referee’s attempts to get the visiting players to stay on grass.

After an interruption of about 70 minutes, the Danish referee Morten Krogh returned to the field and whistled the end of the match only in the presence of the Romanian players, a verdict to be given by the UEFA Disciplinary Committee.

The fact that the match was free of incidents until the overtime phase when chants of “Serbia, Serbia” were heard amid the challenges made by the Kosovars, was also noted by the media from Belgrade.

“In Bucharest, in front of 50,000 people, a surprising scene unfolded: the Serbs could expect anything, but not a betrayal like this! Romania is in the group of countries that do not recognize Kosovo as a state, which is why there is intolerance between these two countries This was also expressed during the football matches between the two teams.

The Romanian supporters came to the stadium with a big banner that read “Ultras, no politics”, as a clear message that they do not want to get involved in scandals. When the match started, it was a completely unexpected scene, since there were up to 50,000 fans in the stands.

Although thunderous whistles were expected during the singing of Kosovo’s national anthem, the opposite happened and the boos were practically minimal, only at the beginning. The national anthem of Kosovo was heard perfectly, and there was even applause,” wrote the journalists from Sports Sport, according to Sport.ro.