Football teams Of Serbia i Albania will play in Leskovac in the qualification match for the 2026 World Cup, it was announced on the website of the European Football Union (UEFA). The very important match of the seventh round of Group K will be played on October 11 at 20.45:XNUMX at the "Dubočica" stadium in Leskovac.
Although the duel was supposed to be played in Belgrade, the Football Association of Serbia asked UEFA to move the match to the mini stadium in Leskovac.
"After the meeting with England in Belgrade, the decision to change the location was made on the basis of detailed analyzes of all aspects related to the organization of a high-risk sports event such as the upcoming duel with Albania. The key reason is security," the statement of the Football Association of Serbia states.
They also added that they are concerned about the safety of the audience, but above all the players and all other actors of the match.
There is a risk - but for the government
The last match of the Serbian national football team with England was indeed full of incidents. With the difference that the incident was not caused by a conflict between fans of two rival teams, but rather an attack by thugs on people who shouted slogans against the country's government.
In Serbia, this is how gave birth to a new profession: stabbing and intimidating fans at national team matches, who dare to chant from the stands against the government of Aleksandar Vučić.
Only a Serb is beaten by his fan
The last European basketball championship was also marked by threats and threats to the people who pumped from the stands.
The news about SNS players at the European Basketball Championship was confirmed by doctoral student Bogdan Raonic, who wrote on the X network that he was intercepted by a group in Riga.
Savo Manojlović from "Kreni-promeni" told "Vreme" that his organization received information from reliable sources that, in addition to persons with a criminal past, private security guards from two companies that the government often hires at its meetings were also sent to Latvia.
Some sources claim that SNS sent as many as 150 clubbers to Riga, and the report of one fan reached of the local police, which announced itself in the mediaFIBA also reacted.
What else did the Alliance say?
The Football Association of Serbia added that the meeting between Albania and Serbia in football "carries the highest level of risk and requires complete control in order to prevent incidents such as we have already had the opportunity to see in the duels of these two teams".
"We all remember well the events and consequences from Belgrade in 2014," they say.
"For a long time, the Football Association of Serbia has been under the special attention of the FIFA and UEFA disciplinary bodies due to incidents in the stands, which implies a real danger of harsh punishments and even longer suspensions", they added and said that "the atmosphere at the 'Dubočica' stadium and the fact that in all previously played matches the audience in Leskovac provided unreserved support to our national team and cheered from the first to the last minute" are equally important.
