Football Thread!

[Carlin]

MACEDONIA SQUAD EURO 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6diBTsO8dVY

Macedonian Football Team - Euro Dream (tournament trailer):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdliAxWDNp0

[Soldier of Macedon]

[Soldier of Macedon]

Zaev typically (and deceptively) pretending he didn't betray the country by avoiding use of the "severna" prefix and instead referring only to the Macedonian football representation. The team standing behind the northadonian flag as Macedonia is on the way to being presented as "North Macedonia" at a tournament watched by millions across the globe. Zaev and Pandev having a good ole time. Zaev wearing Pandev's shirt. The pictures tell it all, really. Setting aside the empty gestures of chanting drunkards in Macedonia who failed to stand up for their identity against their own politicians, anybody else feeling patriotic yet? All self-respecting Macedonians will feel conflicted about this whole affair, because a win for the team will be a win for "North Macedonia" and thus a win for that smug traitor.

[Risto the Great]

In the same way the ventilator flag is a badge of pride for the uninformed, North Macedonia will also become something that idiots will beat their chests proudly to in time.

[VMRO]

Originally Posted by Soldier of Macedon

Zaev typically (and deceptively) pretending he didn't betray the country by avoiding use of the "severna" prefix and instead referring only to the Macedonian football representation. The team standing behind the northadonian flag as Macedonia is on the way to being presented as "North Macedonia" at a tournament watched by millions across the globe. Zaev and Pandev having a good ole time. Zaev wearing Pandev's shirt. The pictures tell it all, really. Setting aside the empty gestures of chanting drunkards in Macedonia who failed to stand up for their identity against their own politicians, anybody else feeling patriotic yet? All self-respecting Macedonians will feel conflicted about this whole affair, because a win for the team will be a win for "North Macedonia" and thus a win for that smug traitor.

I noticed he used lower case m for "Makedonska".

Politicians will do anything for a photo op.

[Carlin]

Sports minister objects to North Macedonia kit in Euro soccer cup

URL:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eka...occer-cup/amp/


Just hours before kickoff at the opening match of the European soccer championship, Greek Sports Minister Lefteris Avgenakis sent a letter of complaint to the president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Aleksander Ceferin over the name being used by North Macedonia in its first-ever appearance in the event.

Avgenakis expressed Athens’ objection to the FFM (for Football Federation of Macedonia) badge on the national team’s jersey, saying that while the name deal signed with Greece in 2018 does not clearly set down rules for the use of abbreviations, the customary practice is to use abbreviations of a country’s internationally recognized name, in this case Republic of North Macedonia.

The Greek official said that the country could display its name as NM or RNM, but not FFM, which does not contain the designation agreed under the 2018 Prespes accord.

He also asked for UEFA to look into the name of the country’s soccer association, Football Federation of Macedonia, saying that it contravenes the name deal.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has also sent a similar letter to his counterpart in North Macedonia.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Originally Posted by Carlin

Avgenakis expressed Athens’ objection to the FFM (for Football Federation of Macedonia) badge on the national team’s jersey, saying that while the name deal signed with Greece in 2018 does not clearly set down rules for the use of abbreviations, the customary practice is to use abbreviations of a country’s internationally recognized name, in this case Republic of North Macedonia. The Greek official said that the country could display its name as NM or RNM, but not FFM, which does not contain the designation agreed under the 2018 Prespes accord.

A timely reminder for those northadonians who thought that it would be smooth sailing with such maggots after the signing of the treacherous Prespa agreement.

[Carlin]

Austria has defeated Macedonia 3-1. The boys got tired in the second half.

Looks like Arnautovic (who is an ethnic Serb) got into it with Alioski. Apparently, his "comments" were directed at Alioski: "jebem ti majku siptarsku".

David Alaba stopping Arnautovic's trash talk:
https://youtu.be/WQtCrxxKuOw

[VMRO]

Interesting that ARNAUT was the term Turks used to refer to Albanians and still do.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Alioski, Bardhi and Musliu all did not participate in the singing of the Macedonian national anthem prior to kick-off.

I am disappointed in the widespread adoption of the ventilator by the travelling Macedonian fans as well. Yes, there still were many [real] Macedonian flags as well but the lack of any coordination to remove the ventilator from representation is a missed opportunity. Another missed opportunity is for the players and fans to utilise this media attention to condemn the regime in the Republic of Macedonia and the forced name-change: not a single banner displayed by the Macedonian fans along the lines of „никогаш северна, само Македонија“, instead we were all subject to the constant forcing of a "north" prefix by the commentators all night long.