Stojkovic (Serbia) insults Kosovar women after Vlahovic’s goal at the World Cup – Corriere.it

We lacked this to make the Serbia-Switzerland case — open for four and a half years — one of the most shameful of the last World Cup: Dragan Stojkovic, a wonderful player and now a decidedly less brilliant coach, was caught by the cameras as he indulged in an insult unmentionable against the Albanians and their mothers. All this not in one of the many excited moments of the match won by the Swiss on Friday, but to celebrate Vlahovic’s goal, that of the momentary comeback.

A matter that seems incredible, because in June the presidents of the two federations had met to avoid aftermath after the little theater of four years ago in Russia: the Serbs in the stands with Mladic’s sweatshirts, the butcher of Srebrenica and the Kosovars of Switzerland – Xhaka, Shaqiri and Behrami – celebrating by mimicking the eagle of great Albania. On Friday the provocations had been of a sexual nature, due to the gossip that in recent days has involved Vlahovic and the wife of the second Serbian goalkeeper.

A squalid story, denied again last night by the very annoyed Juventus player, but at least a “diversion” compared to the still very high ethnic tensions. Stojkovic had glossed over Xhaka’s provocations towards his bench and had also denied having heard the loudspeaker announcement to silence the racist chants of the Serbian curve. No one heard the insults he uttered, but the Serbs who read his lips held him accountable. The furious Swiss did not react, so as not to disturb their own World Cup. Stojkovic certainly won’t resign. If this is a technical commissioner.