Stuns in Romania – Kosovo! The visiting footballers they left the field in extra time of the game and they forced to win the match on the “green table”. The Kosovo press reacted following these events that took place in the National Arena. Lumbardh Dellova, the defender from CSKA Sofia, was caught by the GSP reporter as he imitated the double-headed eagle on the Albanian flag in the direction of the Romanian fans.
The match, which was announced to be extremely heated due to the very cold relations between the two states, in the context in which Romania does not recognize Kosovo, seemed to end without incident.
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But it was not so. The situation got out of control in the final minutes, at the end of a game in which the Romanian ultras refrained from provocations.
PHOTO GALLERY. The scandalous gesture captured by GSP reporters in Romania – Kosovo
Amir Rrahmani, the captain of Kosovo, called his colleagues to the dressing room in overtime. He would have been disturbed by the chanting of “Serbia, Serbia!” from the lawn.
The Kosovars considered themselves victims, but on the way to the edge of the field they provoked. GSP reporters caught Lumbardh Dellova imitating the double-headed eagle on the Albanian flag.
The gesture involving the crossing of the hands is a relevant political symbol for ethnic Albanians living in Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo and elsewhere. The symbol is made or used by people to illustrate the image of a double-headed eagle printed on the flag of Albania. In the context of football, this gesture is used by Albanian players to celebrate a goal or a game won. However, the gesture has become popular among Albanian nationals who play for different teams
– Explanation provided by ripleybelives.com
The press from Kosovo, about the incidents from the match with Romania
The journalists from Kosovo reacted, following the incidents from the match with Romania: “Tensions at the end of the match in Bucharest. Captain Rrahmani grabbed the Romanian footballer Denis Alibec by the neck. Afterwards, all the footballers were involved in a conflict.
There were anti-Kosovo chants in the stands and our players demanded that the match be stopped. Afterwards, the Kosovar footballers left the field. Chants of “anti-Kosovo” and “Serbia, Serbia” could be heard from the stands, and the players went straight to the dressing room“, wrote those from Koha.
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