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Politically explosive Goalkeeper celebrates victory over Russia with "Ukraine Cheers"
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Croatia throws Russia on penalties
It's the Russian dream! Croatia beat Russia's host on penalties in a scary quarter-final and now faces England.
Croatia wins against Russia and sends Sbornaja out of the World Cup. Domagoj Vida is not only a sensation as a scorer. After the match, he records a video that immediately triggers violent reactions.
D Croatian defender Domagoj Vida made a lot of noise after his victory in the quarterfinals against Russia with comments on Ukraine. In a video, the 29-year-old striker cheered politically explosively shortly after Sunday's game.
"Glory to Ukraine!" He shouted, and his colleague Ognjen Vukojevic added: "It's a win for Dynamo and Russia was eliminated after a 3-4 defeat on penalties against Croatia in the Black Sea town of Sochi"
Relations between Russia and Ukraine since the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 Separatists in eastern Ukraine disorganized.According to the UN, more 10,000 people were killed in the conflict Officially, there is a truce, which is violated by both sides
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Vida, who played for the Ukrainian first division Dynamo Kiev for four years until the end of 2017 and plays today for Besiktas Istanbul, later pointed out that the video was a joke. "It has nothing to do with politics," said ex-Leverkusen of the Russian sports portal sports.ru. He still has friends in Kiev. We could only take the video jokingly, said Vida. If there are any consequences for Vida, it's so open. Fifa has already confirmed that she will investigate the incident.
At the tournament in Russia, the three Swiss internationals Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka and Stephan Lichtsteiner had to pay a total of 25,000 Swiss francs. In the 2-1 win against Serbia, the trio formed the two-headed eagle that sports the flag of Albania.
Fifa called it "unsportsmanlike conduct". Shaqiri and Xhaka have Kosovar roots. Serbia still does not recognize Kosovo as an independent country, which gives the much-discussed gestures of jubilation a political dimension.
The agenda of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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