It’s not that Croatians are anti-Russian people. They still see them as part of the greater Slavic brotherhood...albeit Serbs are Orthodox, and like Russians use the Cyrillic alphabet and Croats are Catholic who use Latin...
But the crux is the notion of independence...and of sovereignty and ethnic distinctiveness. “Yugoslavia” was lumped together the way the Soviet Union was... Small countries like Croatia can understand and emphathize with Ukraine in terms of wanting to be taken seriously as a distinct entity.
And yes saying “Glory to Ukraine” in Russia is punishable by arrest. As well as challengig the State line on Crimea. Russian professors have lost tenure over the matter.
Didn’t know EU countries had football..
OH.. Wait..
You mean the pussyball socialist panzygame?
At least Japan still calls it soccer :p
Excellent! Ef Putin.
Had no idea but eye-opening. Imagine if Mexico declared the SW US a province and held part of its territory today killing over 10,000 Americans while doing so.
That’s what you have with Russia in eastern Ukraine today. Here it’s FIFA siding with Russia (Mexico).
Ok, 18 minutes in and France’s Greizmann has dived outside the box to get a free kick and with it a goal.