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Tko te ubije, heroj će da postane
Problems and corruption in Croatian football
“Supporting players, not a federation
“ The man at the center of the actions is Zdravko Mamić, the vice president of the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and the former head of Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia’s most successful club. While Davor Šuker is the president, most think he’s simply a puppet for Mamić, a man who’s currently under investigation for embezzlement and tax evasion.”
“ HNS is extremely corrupt, and there’s a segment of the fandom that will do whatever it takes to make the federation look bad.”
The sad state of Croatian football
“To gain an understanding of what is at the root of the problem in Croatia, one simply needs to look at Zdravko Mamic.”
“He has been accused of giving orders to national team managers to feature Dinamo players he’d like to sell to bigger European clubs at the expense of the national team’s performances, especially in critical matches.”
“As the most powerful man in the Croatian football federation, Mamic has the power to keep anyone opposing him out of the Maksimir and since Dinamo’s fanbase is a proud one and one aware of the many shady dealings happening behind closed doors, Mamic has spared no expense in showing them his wrath.”
“Of course, it’s not just Dinamo’s fans who suffer; the opposing fans are naturally punished as well. Hajduk fans, for example, have seen their tickets turned away and have even been held by the police away from the stadium despite not having any criminal records. For this trouble, the club has even been fined even though the club itself did nothing wrong, such is Mamic’s control of the league.”
“ The corruption is so deep-rooted that it even involves players, whether they knew they were partaking in questionable practices or not. Modric, the most high-profile Croatian footballer in the world, is someone whose transfer has come under question.”
“The national team has been marked by controversy while the domestic league, filled with talented players in its own right, is making more news for corruption and ugly scenes in the stands than the beautiful game itself. For a nation so proud and passionate of its football, the last two decades have turned from dreams of glory, to heads hung in shame. A fate truly undeserving of Croatia’s supporters.”
- Hajduk Split vs HNS (CFF)
Hajduk’s response to CFF about candidacy for hosting UEFA Super Cup
“We are glad that through this candidacy process, CFF has decided to show whether it is really planning to contribute to the development of Croatian football, that is also played in Split, or tries to cheat the public again, which will be clear from the result of the process.
Sincerely,
HNK Hajduk“
CFF wants football without fans *
“ Throughout the season, our fans support their club, pay tickets and endure hours of organizers' and CFF's terror on away matches.”
“Hajduk's supporters bought tickets with seat numbers, arrived on time and then waited for hours to enter a stand without any rows and seats, let alone minimal civilization conditions. The delegate didn't react, no one from the Federation reacted and today the story has continued. Our supporters, who traveled to the most distant away game to give support to Hajduk, were entering the stadium for as long as until the 80th minute of the match.”
*The fans of Hajduk Split, Torcida, keep getting “special treatmant” in away games, including higher levels of aggression from the police, not being able to enter the stadium until the last minutes of the game, travelling miles just to be denied buying tickets, not being able to leave the stadium until hours later...
The fans of Hajduk have also been dominating the league when it comes to attendance, breaking their own attendance record from the 1998./99. season
- Bad Blue Boys vs HNS (CFF)
The champions without fans
“Their (Dinamo’s) ultras, the notorious Bad Blue Boys, have left their North stand symbolically empty; when they gather for some games in the East, there are more chants that are anti-Mamic than those actually supportive of the team.”
“For European games, Dinamo give away tickets on a massive scale, mostly to schoolchildren: in this manner, they managed to gather 10,000 for their Europa League match against Astra Giurgiu.”
Real Madrid star Luka Modric is under investigation for suspected perjury for evidence given in the trial of Zdravko Mamic, the Croatia State Attorney Office has revealed. Modric is, according to the Croatian penal system, faces a prison sentence ranging anywhere from six months to five years if he is found guilty. The former Tottenham man is one of the key witnesses in the trial of Mamic, a former chief executive at Dinamo Zagreb, where Modric played before joining Tottenham in 2008.
Luka Modric llega a testificar en un juicio de corrupción contra el ex-presidente del Dinamo de Zagreb | 13.06.2017
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric could face prison term if found guilty of perjury
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric could face prison term if found guilty of perjury
Modric is the subject of an investigation by Croatian authorities over his testimony during the tax fraud trial of his former Dinamo Zagreb manager Zdravko Mamic.
Mamic, along with his brother Zoran Mamic and two others, are accused of embezzling cash by taking cuts from the sales of players, sums that have amounted to more than €15m (£13.1m).
Prosecutors have claimed that Modric falsely stated…
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Wait, what's going on with Luka Modric? What's infuriating? Girl, what's the tea?!
Ahhh… it’s a lot to explain. Basically Croatian football is really corrupt and really broken. One of the most corrupt figures is this guy: Zdravko Mamic
Mamic was the director of Dinamo Zagreb for many years (and became an advisor to the club once he stepped down) and while he was in charge the league bent over backwards to make sure they always came out on top. He also created many shady transfer deals that put lots of money into his pocket. Croatian authorities have accused him and his brother of embezzling the equivalent of $17.3m of the club’s money since 2008 and not paying $1.8m in state taxes. Croatian media said they were suspected of taking undeclared commission fees from the sale of Dinamo players to foreign clubs.
As part of that investigation, Luka Modric’s transfer from Dinamo Zagreb to Tottenham came under question. It seems like Modric and Mamic pocketed money from the transfer that they shouldn’t have. When police questioned him, Modric turned on Mamic and told how corrupt and criminal he is.
Mamic is now having a trial for these and other criminal charges. Today, Luka Modric was called as a witness to testify. But rather than repeat the allegations he made to police he claimed suddenly to not remember anything. Not what his contract was, not what he originally told police, not what the annex to the contract was that detailed how the money would be split, etc etc. Basically nothing he said while on the stand was in line with what Modric previously said to the State Attorney and when the plaintiff presented parts of his earlier statement in which Luka said that Mamic had repeatedly promised him to receive a certain amount of transfers money Modric claimed he didn’t remember saying that, he must have misunderstood the question, he was tired, etc etc.
Mamic is a criminal and his house of cards was finally about to fall down until Modric suddenly contracted amnesia. He is one of the best Croatian footballers of all time, a hero to many in the country and today he chose to stand up for criminality and corruption.
It’s infuriating because Modric turned his back on helping to build a case against a figure most Croatians hate. And more than that, this whole thing is like a microcosm of the state of Croatian football. The head of the Croatian FA is Davor Suker and he is terrible. He favors certain teams and players, he attacks journalists and prevents them from doing their jobs reporting on the national team, he makes management decisions to fund his gambling habit rather than based on what would be best for the team, he openly admires Croatian ustase (fascist) leaders who committed acts of genocide during World War II, etc.
The national team is coached by Ante Cacic who used to manage Dinamo Zagreb and is good friends with Mamic. He lets Mamic have a lot of say in who plays for the national team and of course Mamic wants Zagreb players in so he can sell them and pocket more money. He chose for his assistant Josip Simunic who was suspended from the national team in 2013 for leading the crowd in ustase chants and giving ustase salutes (which is basically the equivalent of a German player leading the crowd in Nazi chants and giving the Nazi salute) and has also helped fund a documentary that essentially argues that the extent of the Holocaust in Croatia is greatly exaggerated.
Maybe you remember a few years ago Croatian fans made headlines for burning swastikas onto a field or during the Euros the fans threw flares onto the pitch during a match? Neither these or other similar instances are the fans expressing a fascist ideology or being stupid ultras; it’s a protest against the awful people in charge of Croatian football. It’s an attempt to embarrass Suker, Cacic, Simunic etc.
There is so much more I could say on this topic, but hopefully that explains at least a little bit what is going on with Modric and why this is all infuriating.