Hello Ed!
As I promissed, I wrote the "rapport" about water-polo.
The problem about the final game developed because "Delije" (Red Star fans) took some important flags from croatian fans named "Torcida" (Hajduk Split supporters) before it was known that final game would play between Serbia&Montenegro and Croatia.
When serbia&Montenegro and Croatia came to the final of Europian championship, a few thousend (about 3000 of them) croatian supportesrs came to Slovenia.
Many of them needed revange because they lost flags.
Well, if you know that "Delije" (Red Star) would not like national team (because old flag and old national song (on serbian named "Himna", I don't know wich is the word in English)), that were reasons because we didn't come on water-polo game.
If we came the fights were more interesting.
According some informations, a few serbians, who live in Slovenia, gethered on the squere early in the morning and they fight with croatians in few times, but some of them were arrested.
During the game croatians were good in supporting, they made good sight... But, why not...?
They were alone, Serbian supporters could not come inside, and their players were winning...
At the end of the game, the incidents were start. At first they throw verious thinks on theirs players and than on our players. One our player was hurt.
But, when the police involved thay ran away, they escape.
Very soon a little group came in thepartment for journalists and VIP persons, and they attacked Serbian journalists. There was ex basketball player of "Partizan" Ratko Varda with one his friend who is kick-boxer. Nearby they, there were Serbian military minister Tadic and minister Svilanovic with bodygards.
In this battle croatian hooligans were beaten.
One of them fall down the wall and breaked his head.
At least police made that croatian go aut. Our players were deported to the hotel with police security. There in the hotel they ricived gold medals.
In Belgrade there was great party, but there was also incidents.
Serbian fans and all the citisens made great party at the heart of the sity.
Some of them attacked Croatian ambassy in Belgrade, they took Croatian national flag, burn it and put on the top of ambassy Serbian flag!
It was a few interesting days...
See you and writte when you can.
Toni