SARAJEVO: INCIDENTS AFTER SOCCER MATCH, BOSNIAN TEAM SLAMMED OVER POOR PERFORMANCE

SARAJEVO, Aug 22 (Hina) - Several people were injured in incidents which occurred in Sarajevo on Wednesday evening after a friendly match between the Bosnian and Yugoslav national soccer teams. #L# Disgruntled with the fact that their team lost the match 0:2 to the Yugoslav team, Bosnian football fans showered with stones and bottles Yugoslav fans, mostly from the Bosnian Serb entity, while they were leaving the stadium. Special police units were sent to prevent more serious conflicts and Serb fans left Sarajevo shortly after midnight under tight security measures. The Sarajevo daily "Oslobodjenje" reported that unidentified persons had set up a barricade at a roads near the Kosevo stadium after the match, checking the passengers' IDs looking for those from the Bosnian Serb entity or Yugoslavia. Eye-witnesses claim at least one car with Montenegrin registration plates was demolished and its driver beaten up. Yugoslav fans shouted nationalist slogans, and the Dnevni Avaz daily claims they were joined by the captain of the Yugoslav team, Sinisa Mihajlovic, who raised his hand to show the Serb three- finger greeting. The Sarajevo media are mostly angry with the domestic team and its poor performance as well as with the leadership of the Bosnian Soccer Association. During the march, which was covered live, the host repeatedly reminded the audience that selector Blaz Sliskovic promised to resign if his team was defeated by Yugoslavia and in the first European Championship qualification match, which is played against Romania on September 9. (hina) rml