as for when you're on when for 2nd place like zig cut spines need to 5 points. this is news and the sports will continue sports life will be looking at why some of the best footballers come from the countries that used to make up yugoslavia because there's more news and analysis if you visit b.w. dot com and told me a lot of surveillance. i'm secure in that of my work that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance. what's your story ready ready. i'm a woman i was women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your

story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor another yes you want to become a citizen. in 4 migrants your platform for reliable information. and maginot national team starring all black from slovenia more than each from croatia jayco from bosnia herzegovina and your beach from serbia. well 30 years ago that would have been possible because they all have come from the same country yugoslavia the state which no longer exists but its footballers still impress. the

countries that used to make a business while their produce talent after talent and. talent wise that. croatia even reached a world cup final a country of only 4000000 people beating argentina england and russia. in 1900 gracious finished 3rd at their world cup debut. debut why debut. because until the early ninety's cro ads were part of yugoslavia along with slovenes bosnian serbs montenegrins and a sit down and. yugoslavia always had good footballers. lord toward the country apart in 1991. i this mean the end of football there boy if i'm not sure none of the successor states national teams are

as successful as croatia. still serbia has the 4th largest export nation of footballers worldwide now compare serbia's population to those of other important export countries. another former yugoslav republic bosnia herzegovina made it to the world cup in 2014. and ignore the macedonia to euro 2021 how many acts yugoslavs are on the team you support probably plenty if it's in syria which boasts a record $47.00 of them. so why are people from this region so good well 1st of all former yugoslavia always was a true for calling it. the sport was already popular there before world war 2 yugoslavia played at the 1st 2 world cup in europe why 930 they even reached the semifinal. after world war 2 the country became communist but soon fell out with the soviet union it shows

a 3rd way between communism and capitalism so you can slowly also look to west toward in many ways. also when it came to football it was long as unique cold war experience is really one of the heat reasons why football association or another factor in that secession that he refused the extension we. invest in school by deficiencies yugoslavia really has cutting age 14 restructure this paid off yugoslavia reached the world cup quarter finals in 19541958. they won the olympics in 1960 and came in 4th at their 962 world cup they make the finals of euro 960 and 60 a. remarkable success of being a country of $20000000.00 inhabitants only to. head club level yugoslavia's big 4 had established themselves as powerhouses the numbers out of the kind of splits and

belgrade sides red star and parties on their youth academy has produced outstanding talent like a title can the creation coastal town of simply. trying to happen all of their regular basis teams such as heart split for example come in all actual company this is special and show many players are going abroad the use of the word satiation brings in this rule players are allowed to leave the country until their lunch ones are not a very popular policy but it did ensure the domestic yugoslav leader was of a high standard. from the combat level from the age of 14 basically these players play together on a very regular basis and got to know each other and as most football fans know chemistry is a very important aspect of a successful scene resulting in a strong league with well supported domestic players big club succeeding in europe

and a formidable yugoslav national team. in the eighty's a new generation of footballers turned this to gold they won the 1987 youth a world championship in chile players like bubba should get a yard of me up to each and came to light they left their mark on ninety's football at the way out of. milan and others. but they didn't have time to make their mark as a national team hatred was being stirred up among yugoslavia's different ethnicities violence again between. star belgrade heralded the war that would follow. a global you go on put it on but you do want to build a community that will be going to. look at it but it was a good foot of water going to be 3 months up. this research.

is that this is in the view of the history and all the rights and the royals have all the rights you have in 99 you won the war started yugoslavia fell apart. how did this affect this very talented generation and football as a whole in the region. most incredibly just weeks before the war began red star belgrade still won the equivalent of the champion's league in may 991 but shortly after just like thousands of civilians footballers were leaving the region must some. red star belgrade lost nearly their entire team overnight after the 1991 triumph. their players left for a way out of milan. and others it wasn't just red star other top clubs also struggled and have yet to fully recover. what we see across the board is an exodus of challenge anywhere. where they don't have to stay in the.

situation. and we see. the creation of multiple week despite all this one of the new national teams managed to rise from the ashes of yugoslavia quite quickly. after its independence greater jointing from initially they were into 125th in the world only 2 years later and i had moved up to 62nd. and another 2 years later they played at euro $996.00 it made it to the quarterfinals. why did they develop so fast. sure they have players that have won the 87 youth world championship. players like you go to steam months and the sugar over now in their prime. but there was another critical factor triggered by the war identity. they were not just considered ambassadors of identity or sort of this new form in question of entity but they

also saw themselves as ambassadors of identity they felt. particular and so the extra special motivation for the role that they were in football played a very specific role as as a sacred center of. the 1998 world cup krishna even came in 3rd. although they had to wait 20 years for similar success 2nd place at the 2018 world cup patriotic impetus is still considered a reason for gracious outsized performance. but see i mean actually done a good source for the guy only not gonzales was never there supports me as much on disability etc england though is so national for answers quite well at the local market a child will call along with him as much does so said the child she is about nixon and the welsh the only sort i genuinely am at arthur. and i will guess what only 4

bitchy. bigots and a whistle. things are quite different in serbia and montenegro the un saw them as the aggressor is in the yugoslav wars sanctions prevented the national teams and collabs from playing abroad. or will be done in if the last but not least you people believe it means you get a lot which we must. see out what's wrong i'm sorry. but serbs and montenegrins came back now as federal republic of yugoslavia and maybe 2 world cup in 1908 and euro 2000 they too had their share of the golden generation like played like me out of each and players from european cup winning red star. or down 7 church. plus the excellent youth work survive the war one

outstanding example is quite a tease on belgrade's academy. but these are no notice. this if he did not wish to be late last year. he only moved out. always at me service production of youth talent is so massive that the country is listed as the world's 4th largest export nation of footballers which is often a recipe for club survival or not to not to be got all the eagles or. a lot of the. yellow leaders created this 1000000 never going to see new stories but it will be really. kossovo to build its football on these pillars relying on patriotic impetus and recruiting from a large tell us to. go for corona in late 2019 i want to come your

way 1st. was once an autonomous prob. of serbia and declared independence in 2008 it was admitted to you a friend 2016 and almost qualified for euro 2021. war torn and still not recognized by some major countries such as russia or china in kosovo football is clearly much more than just football. the way there. were. things like that were very like yeah which i like. and which i think even made me want to watch. it so this sprite the diaspora factor ok was actually born in kosovo but goalkeeper moody 2 in switzerland or defender in germany. casillas football team is also about nation building and with all the enthusiasm

this seems to work so far. finally northern macedonia qualified for euro 2021. this former yugoslav republic did not come out of nowhere either. by coax her at all a continuation of the yugoslav school with an emphasis on good youth work. all. in all an entire. scene in. yugoslavia has left more than just its traces and today's football it laid the foundation for an unstoppable production of talent and some great success against the odds.

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