The Albanian national team achieved a great and historic victory over Serbia at the "Dubocica" stadium in Leskovac.
Coach Silvinjo's red and black team fought until the end to defend the result achieved thanks to Rey Manaj's super goal at the end of the first half.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić apparently cannot cope with Serbia's defeat.
He again blamed the "blockades", claiming that they interfered with the players during their break in Niš, the day before the match.
In a statement to the media, Vučić added that several hundred people had gathered in front of the hotel where the Serbian national team was staying, disturbing the peace of the footballers.
"Do you want me to remind you how we saw off the national team yesterday? In Niš, at 6-7 o'clock, when the boys were resting for the match, two hundred, three hundred lost people gathered right in front of our national team's hotel. They thought that Albanians had come to boo them. They were not Albanians, but blockers, because the blockers did not like the fact that 5-6 thousand people gathered on the other side of the city and did not bother our footballers," Vučić declared.
His statement caused immediate reactions in Serbian public opinion.
Sociologist Jovo Bakic described the president's reaction as "tragically predictable," adding with irony that "the disaster is predictable to the extent that it causes a smile of pity."
Meanwhile, comedian Marko Dražić from "News Net" mocked Vučić, saying that the president is now in a position where he can say anything that comes to mind.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he went a step further, if he said that the students created bad tactics for this match, that the citizens' choirs didn't control the ball well, and that Misha Bachulov missed a 100% chance," he said.
The harshest reaction came from former basketball player and activist Vladimir Stimac, who called Vučić a "destroyer and traitor to the country."
"He always tries to evade responsibility and has his corrupt and criminal fingers everywhere — from basketball to football and many other sports. The state of our sport is a reflection of our state and society," Stimac stressed, adding that "his removal from power is a matter of survival for the country."
The criticism was also joined by Mirko Poledica, a member of the Assembly of the Football Association of Serbia, who said that "telling lies is a small weakness, but living a false life is a real failure."
"The only culprit for Serbia's defeat is the state policy that provided the Albanians with perfect conditions in Leskovac, to defeat and humiliate us in their own country," he stressed, reports Today.
The next match for Albania will be on October 14 against Jordan. The friendly match will be played at “Air Albania”, at 19:00. /Telegrafi/
