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Football World Cup 2018 in Russia (File)
Zagreb – Former Croatia International Ognjen Vukojevic was expelled from the semi-finalist delegation of the Cup World after posting a Croatian Football Association (HNS) said Monday that Vukojevic had been "relieved of his duties as an expert partner of the Croatian team and that it was not Was more member of the Croatian delegation at the time.The incident comes as Croatia prepares to face England on Wednesday with a place in the final of the World Cup in play.
After the quarter-final victory over Russia, Vukojevic posted an Instagram video with him and Croatian defender Domagoj Vida, who shouted "Glory to Ukraine!"
Vida was playing for Dynamo Kiev and Vukojevic also played for the Ukrainian club and now works for them As a Scout
In the video, Vukojevic added, "This win is for Dynamo (Kiev) and for Ukraine!
The clip was picked up by the Russian public media and was condemned by some officials.
FIFA, which banned political statements during World Cup games, said Sunday that it had studied video
The Croatian Football Federation apologized to the Russian public for "the initiative of A member of the Croatian delegation ".
In a statement, Vukojevic and Vida "also apologize for the statements Vida scored an overtime goal in the match and converted one of Croatia's penalties into a shootout victory in Sochi
in Ukraine! "Was a slogan of the pro-EU revolution of the former Soviet republic that toppled a Russian-backed president in 2014.
The revolt was condemned as illegal by Moscow and triggered a crisis in relations between the two
The annexation by Russia of the Ukrainian Peninsula of Crimea and a pro-Kremlin separatist war in eastern Ukraine made more than 10,000 victims
.
The player had already said that the message was "just a joke".
Croatia plays against England in the semi-final on Wednesday.
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