Likewise, we are witnesses that the rest are visibly dissatisfied with this, and many officials of other clubs publicly criticized this treatment of the referees towards Borac. All clubs except Zrinjski, until now.
Namely, the “pact of mutual silence” was broken by the coach of this team, Igor Štimac, who, while a guest on a TV show, clearly stood up against the referee’s laxity in favor of the people of Banja Luka.
He objected that in the match between Sloga and Zrinjski a red card was not shown to a domestic player who started rather harshly against Bilbia.
“It is obviously a blatant example of a red card for such a start. If by any chance he had hit him with the leg that was raised above the lower leg, his leg would have broken. Any excuses the referee is looking for in that case for not showing a red card are ridiculous. Accordingly, his intention to help Doboj or Borc from Banja Luka is obvious. But fine, let’s leave it to him,” Štimac said and added:
“We will deal with it as much as we can. It is evident that all the behind-the-scenes stories, which have been in force since this championship, that the celebration of 100 years of Borc should be crowned by winning the championship, are gaining weight with such events”.
His statement will most certainly stir up the spirits of Bosnian football, and there is a possibility that he will face a new process, given that the Code of Conduct prohibits football workers from commenting on the trial in their speeches and expressing negative views in public speeches and insulting or slandering other members of the football organization.
(Vijesti.ba)
