Fan madness and rival provocations sometimes really know how to cross the boundaries of good taste, but what the fans of Olimpija Ljubljana did during the match against Maribor is beyond human condemnation.
Namely, a former Slovenian national team player also plays for Maribor Josip Ilicicwho fought against depression over the years, and spoke about it many times in public. “What happened to Astoria has been echoing in my head for days. I couldn’t sleep because I kept thinking about it. And when I got sick this summer, I really thought that the same thing could happen to me. I was afraid to lie down in bed, close my eyes and fall asleep”, said Ilicic about the sudden death of his teammate and friend from Florence.
Ilicic managed to return to Atalanta, whose fans still adore him. When the crown came, Iličić fell apart, and then the story started that his wife was cheating on him, but this was never confirmed, but Josip fell deeper and deeper into depression.
Why are rival ultras hating on ilicic???? https://t.co/NXoLxpfCqa
— Atalanta matches views (AMV) (@ata_match_views) November 12, 2024
A disgusting banner
Of course, the fans of Olimpija ‘Green Dragons’ know about the sufferings of Josip Ilicic, who at the match against Maribor hung a terrible banner in the stands, addressed to Josip Ilicic.
Thus, during the match against Maribor at the Stožice stadium, they hung a banner that read: “Jojo, do us a favor”, and a rope was drawn next to the text. We hope that the authorities in Slovenian football will react to such a terrible message.
Josip Iličić was born in Prijedor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, his parents are Croats, and when he was only one year old, Iličić fled to Slovenia with his mother and brother after their father was killed, and he also holds Croatian citizenship because his whole family lives there.
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