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| Smolov performing with his hands the two-headed Eagle Albanian Symbol |
Serbian Informer portal calls this a great scandal!
"A serious scandal has been caused! The Russians should apologize to the Serbs after the match! "
Russia's players were better than Serbia at home in the first match of the new League of Nations cycle (3:1) in football. After the match, they had to apologize.
They made a big mistake that worried the local fans as well. Prior to the meeting, a photo was posted that raised a lot of dust.
The photo shows Smolov pointing with his hands to a double-headed eagle and that was enough to connect everything with the symbol of Greater Albania. The message was sent through the official Twitter account of Euro 2020 St. Petersburg.
Some fans thought it was a scandal while others tried to explain that there was nothing unusual. An apology must follow," writes this Serbian medium.
"We are sorry that everything was misinterpreted, this has no political background. This was our mistake, we did not intend to offend anyone," the Russians said in a statement.
While Andrey Malosolov wrote: "Before the match between Russia and Serbia, an advertising collage appears, in which Fyodor Smolov depicts an eagle with his hands. Everything would be fine. But! This is the symbol of the ALBANIAN eagle. For Serbs, is a symbol of genocide in Kosovo. God, who put this in Smolov's head? Before the match with the Serbs! Smolov turns 30 today and plays for Sevilla."