TV4's apology after Dragomir Mirsic's phrases in EC studio

Earlier than the EC match between Serbia and Slovenia, the presenter Dragomir Mršić was invited to the TV4 studio.

He sat there as somebody who had roots in Serbia and knew in regards to the former Yugoslavia.

The studio will get into the warfare in Yugoslavia and presenter Pär Lernström says that “issues have gone a bit in a different way for the international locations” and asks what he thinks has behind the variations, Mgršić says:

– We, the Serbs, have been extra affected by the warfare. We have been bombed by NATO for 80+ days. Then the Serbs are extra persistent…”my means or the freeway” kind of. The Croats received extra funding, the world was a bit extra behind them, says Mgršić.

– The Croats have been pals with the Nazis, however I do not wish to go into that an excessive amount of. The Serbs are more and more recognized because the culprits and this has left its mark. The scars are taking longer to heal.

When TV4 returned from a business break a while later, Lernström apologized for Dragomir Mršić’s phrases.

Pär Lernström, presenter within the TV4 studio. Picture: TV4/Screenshot

– We are going to reply what was stated a bit earlier on this broadcast. Dragomir Mršić spoke in regards to the former Yugoslavia and the international locations concerned in it. It was an opinion that spoke for him and Dragomir stands for that opinion itself. There are folks and residents and individuals who have spoken out who characterize different elements of that battle and we are able to respect that they produce other views. We will perceive that. Dragomir should stand for that opinion. We simply wish to be clear about this earlier than we begin the sport, says Lernström.

Mgršić himself has apologized, saying that he feels regret.

– There was no political agenda. I shall be very unhappy if you hear some folks songs from a number of international locations through the EC, it has nothing to do with sports activities. It was an unlucky wording for me for 15 seconds the place I used to be going to rapidly clarify why it took time to construct a Serbian soccer nation, he says to The Categorical and follows:

– After all it was not meant badly for anybody and I had no political agenda. If I’ve offended anybody, after all I’m sorry for that, after all that was not my intention.

The match resulted in a tie, 1-1, after some dramatic ultimate minutes.

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