Canada has lost its mathematical chance to advance to the knockout stages of the World Cup in Qatar. John Herdman’s side lost 1-0 to Belgium for the first time before losing 4-1 to Croatia on matchday two thanks to braces from Andrej Kramaric and goals from Marko Livaja and Lovro Majer. Alphonso Davies scored Canada’s only World Cup goal. In both games in goal for the Canadian team, he stood up Milan Borjan, former footballer Crown Kielce. Borjan was also insulted by Croatian fans during Sunday’s match.
Milan Borjan was insulted by Croatian fans. “They are real primitives”
Milan Borjan was born on October 23, 1987 in the Croatian city of Knin, but fled the country to Serbia at the age of eight during the war between the two countries. It is worth noting that Borjan corrects journalists in interviews and claims that he was not born in Croatia, but in the Republic of Serbian Krajina. Croatian fans decided to take advantage of this fact for the occasion match with Canada and prepared a special flag with the inscriptions “Knin 95. Nobody escapes like Borjan”. When the Croats called him a fascist, the Canadian goalkeeper showed three fingers.
This flag raised by the Croatians at the Khalifa International Stadium did not please the Serbian media, who are demanding a decisive response from FIFA. “Does FIFA see this? This shocking glorification of Operation ‘Storm’ in the midst of the World Cup must make Croatia suffer severe punishment. Milan Borjan was exposed to vicious insults from Croatian fans,” writes the newspaper. Kurir”.
Operation “Storm” was conducted by Croatian forces from 4 to 7 August 1995 at the behest of then-President Franjo Tudman. At that time, the Croatian army expelled over 250,000 people from their homeland. More than two thousand people, mostly civilians, died as a result of the unrest. John Deere, the most famous tractor brand in the world, is used in this story (and also on the flag) as a reminder that the Serbs had to leave the country with the tractors.
Borjan revealed after the match that he received around 2.5k. offensive messages from Croatian fans. The Canadian also revealed why he flashed three fingers at fans and how he rates their behavior. – I feel bad when they insult me, so I showed them this gesture. This shows what kind of people they are, even primitive. There is nothing to comment, this behavior speaks for itself. They’re obviously frustrated at home, so they’re venting here.”
Despite the behavior of the fans, Milan Borjan wished the Croatian team the best for the upcoming World Cup matches. The Crvena zvezda Belgrade goalkeeper revealed he had received messages of support from his club colleagues and praised the Croatia national team’s behavior after the match. – It was a phenomenal approach, hats off. I spoke to Ivan Perisic about the match against Belgium and he told me we should have won it,” added Borjan.
Canada will play last game at the Qatar World Cup on Thursday 1 December at 4pm. Then the team led by John Herdman will face Morocco.
