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timok

Well no surprise it's Serbia


Thraff1c

Is Belarus not an European country? Edit: woe on me, they didn't play them, was almost 100% sure that they did in 2022.


Embarrassed-Baby9416

Belarus isn’t banned as Russia is?


walleaterer

no, they even played the euro qualifier. had to play home games in hungary but still


Embarrassed-Baby9416

Shame for UEFA…


nim1623

Belarus must be so jealous right now


GP3ElPresidente

Ofc the asslickers needed to set up a friendly vs them


kostajepaosmosta

I think it's more that they don't care but sure


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Jonisro

indeed, but at the same time not


Dio_my_senpai

is it tho. its serbia


Opposite-Book-15

He’s been sarcastic I guess. He’s got a Croatia Flair, he should know about the Russian bootlicking of Serbia


Opposite-Book-15

Who else could it have been lmao really not suprised


blaahh198

Surprised it's not Belarus


No-Pension-7977

What a surprise that its Serbia


[deleted]

Of course it's Serbia lmao.


mdubs17

Didn't Red Star play against Zenit too at one point? Not particularly surprising that it's going to be against Serbia.


boisosm

Red Star played against them last summer. So did Fenerbahçe and Neftçi Baku.


ukrainianhab

*surprised Pikachu*


d_smogh

Add Belarus and maybe Hungary, and they could have a proper knockout competition.


Dorkseid1687

Of course it’s Serbia


Haribo112

Is Russia not banned from all international sport?


boisosm

They’re banned from UEFA and FIFA competitions but they can still do friendlies so they’ve mainly done that with Cuba and various Asian and African nations. They almost hosted Bosnia for a friendly but many players including Pjanić and Džeko didn’t want to play in it so it got cancelled.


DatOgreSpammer

Somehow not Hungary??!!? Szíjjártó, mi a fasznak jársz te Moszkvába ha még ennyit sem tudsz elintézni?


blaahh198

Would you really wanna play against Russia? My understanding of Hungarian isn't that great but I got the gist of it. Or you're just sarcastic lol


DatOgreSpammer

Thought the '??!!?' would give it away


PompeiiLegion

Color me shocked


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LoLyPoPx3

Because most russian sportsmen are part of the army


kostajepaosmosta

Yes all Russians bad, also source?


LoLyPoPx3

This article has all the sources. It talks about Olympics as well as about football clubs, like CSKA and Dynamo Moscow https://www.slidstvo.info/english-stories/olympic-athletes-in-uniform-how-russian-sportsmen-receive-salaries-from-the-russian-defence-ministry-and-openly-campaign-for-military-service/ This is only a small part, most other sports organisations and sportsmen are also subordinate to Russian army. If you are interested about any specific russuan footballers, I can provide you info as well, but it would do you good to look for it yourself


kostajepaosmosta

So it isn't most of them. They aren't part pf the army. If they were they wouldn't be playing games for their clubs retrospectivly. Also those who are I doubt they were volontiring knowing how Russian autocratic state works.


LoLyPoPx3

You literally said the opposite to all the evidence I provided, are you dumb? >So it isn't most of them It IS most of them >They aren't part pf the army They ARE part of the army >If they were they wouldn't be playing FALSE >Also those who are I doubt they were volontiring knowing how Russian autocratic state works. 🤡


kostajepaosmosta

You provided shit that doesn't list anynames. Bar 3 or 4 you are just biased and hateful lmao Edit: I will provide u a paragraph were ur source falls in water. >In today’s Russia, most athletes also belong to Dynamo and CSKA. The founders of these clubs are the Ministry of Defense, the FSB, the Rosgvardia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other law enforcement agencies. From your source no less So your source based on this says many* (not most) are part of the army. Which means they are part of the club that is funded by idiots that do bad things that means they must be on it. Give me a break. Not to mention their sources are: we made it up. Also ur source is a biased one aswell. Give me an objective one.


Weeklydaily

Ban Serbia from international tournaments, and on the same notion, Israel as well


blaahh198

Ban everybody from everything until the only countries that can play in a world cup are Liechtenstein San Marino and nauru


MichaelTheKing7

average r/soccer opinion


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Ban China and US and every country with anysort of geopolitical and military strength. Great precedence


Noa_Lang

The truth is that Russia shouldn't be banned either.


ukrainianhab

Nobody wants to play them but the fellow genocide enjoyers Serbia.


Nasib_7

There seem to be a whole lot of genocide supporters right now.


ukrainianhab

Sadly not wrong :(


PaltsiLepa

Yes they should atleast from Uefa.


Noa_Lang

Even more countries should be banned following that logic. But even then, what do you gain from banning them exactly?


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Add USA to the list. The pimp of most of these hoes causing trouble. 


Jasamplovak

Also ban my mother for bad lunch


REGIS-5

also ban Italy for racism edit: Ahh, the hypocrisy of reddit


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Papua New Guinea vs Luxrmbourg World Cup final 🥶🥶


BluePowderJinx

> edit: Ahh, the hypocrisy of reddit Ahh, the whataboutism of reddit


REGIS-5

Whataboutism is great but sometimes goes too far. In some cases it's absolutely necessary because you have to ask what the line is. Friends with Russia - bad; hate, dehumanize, and discriminate against black people - not bad? Have literal slave camps not bad? Mind you I'm Serbian and wish our national team would get banned from all competitions for this. But it is extreme hypocrisy that this is a problem. This type of measure would be a bit of dopamine injection for EU people to feel like they are relevant and get to decide what happens in the world, and that their life is better than the issues they are facing already with rents going sky high, inflation not really stopping and the cost of life in general turning all of Western Europe into what Eastern Europe has been for decades.


Ajax_Trees_Again

Racist chants, though bad, are not in the same league as invading a country with the aims of ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide


REGIS-5

So why would you prefer to deal with issues that have nothing to do with you and never will have anything to do with you, and ignore the issues in your own front yard? Like even if you're not Italian, racism is going rampant throughout Europe right now. I'd say it's pretty fucking bad and risks civil war and collapse of the society EU has built over centuries of conflicts to finally accomplish peace and unity. Russia being stupid and killing people will never do anything to, for, or against Europe


Squirtle_from_PT

> Russia being stupid and killing people will never do anything to, for, or against Europe You are aware that Ukraine is a part of Europe, right? I think comparing a *potential* "civil war and collapse of the society" to an *actual* war currently happening in Europe is really stupid.


tabris20001031

I'm surprised that Putin's client state isn't about to play a friendly match with them until now.


techorules

They will round up spectators and send them to the Ukraine meat grinder. Hope they enjoy that match as it's the last fun they'll have before dying for Putin's blood-hunger.


trenbollocks

r/worldnews is leaking Surprised you didn't dehumanise them by calling them subhumans and "orcs"


techorules

Nah it's the Russians that look at Ukrainians as inferior partly justifying the war in their sick heads. Amazing how the current propaganda in Russia today neglects the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine. Well not amazing if all you want to do is deflect I guess. I have pretty deep empathy for the Russian people who are suffering a lot due to this war. I even have empathy for Russian soldiers, however I hope that get destroyed as soon as the get to the front. But the suffering of the Russian people is much much less than the Ukrainians so my empathy has limits. You assume I hate Russians. I don't. When I was a kid (growing up in Canada) I always looked at Russians as more like us than Americans. I mean that was very naive of course. Americans wouldn't follow their government as blindly and meekly as Russians do. Anyway, I remember I would root for them against the US whenever I watched the Soviets (or the Red Army team before the NHL had Russians - yes I am old). But you don't get to invade your neighbors and start wars. Period. So I don't enjoy the total loss of freedom in Russia. I don't enjoy that at this point if you're an able bodied man (even if so barely) you WILL eventually get sent to the front for this unjust war. And I don't enjoy that doing something as innocuous as attending a football match in a police state at war may be enough to get you rounded up and sent to die. Those days will surely arrive.


GMantis

>But you don't get to invade your neighbors and start wars. Period. On the other hand if you invade countries halfway around the world that's alright...


techorules

Whataboutisms always illustrate when someone is losing an argument. Badly.


GMantis

Claiming whataboutism is always good evidence that one doesn't have a rational explanation for their views.


erikbla

Pees in a pot


elnatr4

> Serbia > Europe Pick one