Weekend football round cancelled

Jelen SuperLiga Round 7 was about to be held this Sunday, but most of the matches are postponed to Monday - except for Partizan - OFK Beograd, that is postponed "until further decision". Behind of it all stands Gay Pride of Belgrade that will be organized on Sunday. Those in charge surely got cold shivers by the thought Pride attendands and football fans might cross each others' ways.
Marko Nikolić made no secret about his disappointment.
- This is the first of such a case in my coach career - he said angrily (which can be understood...). - Nothing is certain, we don't know when and where we will play against OFK. I can't believe it. We are serious people, we play in a professional league. It is highly irresponsible that we play on Wednesday, but we don't know when our next match will be held. Our entire training plan is scheduled by the dates of matches. Right now all is uncertain.

A message from me to all those in charge: you made the worst possible timing, I can only congratulate to you all. Don't take me wrong though, I'm not against gay rights, on the contrary. But there are things that MUST be taken into consideration. In a country like Serbia, where football is sacred and untouchable, such a decision that a Pride festival is held at the expenses of the current football league round is highly irresponsible. It was clearly made without considering the possible consequences. Football is more important than Pride, everyone must accept it. Other than this it must not be swept under the carpet that Serbia, similarly to other countries in the area (e.g. Hungary, among others) have a quite conservative society, that is very sensitive and resistent when it is about so-called liberal processes. I don't want to get into political or social-psychological details now, for this there are experts who know them much better than me. The only thing I want to add is that it was organized in a very unfortunate way, leaving important factors out of consideration. I understand that rights and EU are important (well, for some, surely...), but not this way, without thinking it through.