FIFA opens disciplinary proceedings against the Serbian football federation after the team hung a flag depicting Kosovo with the Serbian flags' colours in their changing room
Serbia's football team hung up a flag depicting Kosovo's borders with the Serbian flags' colours and stamped with the slogan"there will be no surrender".
FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Serbian football federation after the team hung a controversial flag depicting Kosovo in their changing room before their loss to Brazil at the World Cup. The Kosovo football federation filed a complaint with the governing body after photos showed Serbia's football team hung up a flag depicting Kosovo's borders with the Serbian flags' colours and stamped with the slogan "there will be no surrender".
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