Tank in front of the stadium of red star Belgrade

The Fans of the Serbian football champion red star Belgrade provoke before the play-off second leg against Young Boys of Berne, by Parking a tank in front of the stadium. The UEFA sees no Problem.

For the faint hearted footballer games at red star are away anyway. The Fans of the Serbian tradition clubs are notorious. Pyrotechnics is on the agenda, not infrequently there are also riots. The English newspaper “The Independent” compared to the stadium “Rajko Mitic” in Belgrade in the last season, with a “Roman amphitheatre in the blood-to-noise” after the subsequent Champions League winners Liverpool FC in November 2018 had lost his preliminary round game at red star 0:2.

Before the Playoff game against the Swiss Champions Young Boys Bern on Tuesday, the first leg ended 2:2 – were the Fans of the club a new provocation can think of: they found an old tank in front of the North entrance to the “Marakana of Belgrade”, as the stadium in reference to the iconic soccer temple in Rio de Janeiro is also known. The Ultras of the club to use in their choreography often tanks as a martial Symbol.

“More Attraction”

The Association supported the action, even two security guards for the tanks. Via Instagram announced the red star: “The Marakana now has a further attraction.” Fierce criticism came especially from the neighboring country of Croatia. The tanks had been used in the war in Yugoslavia in the 1990s, it said. A “morbid provocation from Belgrade, called” the Croatian newspaper “Jutarnji List” of the action: “you want to celebrate in the Champions League, but one of the worst criminals.” The tank stands in front of a stadium wall, on the Serbian Fans a cap, painted by the Bosnian-Serbian war had worn criminal Ratko Mladic during the war in Yugoslavia always.

Riots in the local Derby red star against Partizan Belgrade in April 2015

Riots in the first leg

The Serbian Minister of interior Nebojsa Stefanovic sees no reason against the action of the Fans of red star to proceed. There is “no evidence of a criminal Offence and, therefore, no reason for an Intervention of the police,” said Stefanovic. The first leg in Bern on Wednesday last, the Swiss police had had to do all hands full to keep the Serbian Ultras in the game of chess. Hundreds of supporters of the red star were marched to the stadium and had attacked several passers-by. The police had even issued a warning.

The European football Association UEFA has responded to the request of a Swiss television channel left on the tank action from Belgrade: “The tank in front of the stadium is not a Problem, as long as not being shot.”


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