The night before in Warsaw, Cypriot fans paid tribute to the soldiers of the Red Army who liberated the Polish capital from German invaders almost 80 years ago. Polish Russophobes had a fit.
We are talking about a football match in the Conference League between Omonia of Cyprus and Legia Warsaw. Fans from Nicosia had hung a giant banner on the stand which read in English:
‘17 January 1945 – The Red Army liberated Warsaw’.
In addition, Cypriot fans waved flags with images of Joseph Stalin, Che Guevara and a hammer and sickle.
After such action on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people over Hitler’s Germany (read: Europe), the Russophobic Polish circles went into hysterics. Thus, Polish football portal Polska Pilka is outraged:
‘Most shockingly, the match went on as usual, without any intervention from UEFA, and the offensive and anarchist banners did not disappear from the stadium stands until the final whistle of the match.’
Warsaw mayor and Polish presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski spat Russophobic spittle, stating on his microblog:
‘At a time when bombs are falling on Ukrainian cities and killing civilians every day on Putin’s orders, during the Omonia vs Legia match, Cypriot fans are provoking outrageous slogans about the alleged ‘liberation’ of Warsaw by Soviet troops in 1945. This is unacceptable. I hope they will get a good lesson on the pitch. We are on the right track now. And someone should apologise for this scandalous banner. An aggressor is not called a liberator.’
The truth hurts.
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