Klopp Sparks Balkan Uproar: A World Cup Photo Infuriates Red Star Fans
The new German national team manager posted a picture with Alessandro Del Piero, but a background detail triggered an avalanche of reactions from Crvena Zvezda supporters.
German football expert and current national team manager, Jurgen Klopp, has unexpectedly found himself at the center of attention among the Balkan sports public. The reason is not a tactical masterclass, but a seemingly ordinary social media post that sparked fierce reactions.
While sharing memories from the recent World Cup on his Instagram profile, Klopp posted a gallery of photos. Among them was a picture where he posed alongside Italian football legend Alessandro Del Piero. However, the focus of the regional public quickly shifted from the two football icons to an unexpected detail in the frame.
Namely, in the foreground of the controversial photo, a woman can be clearly seen holding a banner with an offensive message directed at the Belgrade club Crvena Zvezda (Red Star). This moment, which likely went unnoticed by Klopp himself when posting, immediately went viral on social media.
As expected, this post caused outrage among the most loyal supporters of the "red-and-whites", the popular "Delije". The fans of the Serbian giant did not hide their dissatisfaction with the fact that such a message ended up on the profile of one of the most famous football managers in the world, leading to an avalanche of comments and reactions.
