December 06-FIFA has initiated disciplinary review proceedings against Serbia on three charges in the group stage and the Swiss match.
Serbia lost 3-2 on Friday and was eliminated from the World Cup. They are already under investigation because they displayed the “flag”, including Kosovo, in the dressing room before the match against Brazil eight days ago; now, FIFA has begun a series of new investigations into events during and before and after a game of escalating tensions.
“the FIFA Disciplinary Committee has initiated proceedings against the Serbian Football Association,” a FIFA statement said. because the Serbian Football Association may have violated FIFA Disciplinary rules 12 (misconduct of players and officials), 13 (Discrimination) and 16 (order and Security in matches), which is related to the incident in Serbia against Switzerland on December 2. ”
In the 77th minute of the match, a public speech notice asked the audience not to make “discriminatory shouts and gestures.” An eyewitness later claimed to the Guardian that Serbian fans were playing fascist slogans and chanting racist slogans in the stadium and claimed to have been attacked by a group of fans.
Eleven players, seven of them Serbian, were shown yellow cards in a fight with Swiss midfielder Zaka, who then appeared to scratch his genitals in front of the Serbian bench, sparking outrage on both sides. Zaka also clashed with Serbian player Nicola Milenkovic (Nikola Milenkovic), sparking a similar row.