At Least Somebody Has Good Airport Security
This week the Croatian soccer team found themselves as the center of the international soccer world. Having already advanced to the Euro 2008 round of 16, the Croatians entered Wednesday’s game against England with a chance to knock the Brits out of the tournament. With so much attention on the team, the most important thing was not to embarrass themselves. Oops.
The head of the Croatian Football Federation (CFF) was arrested for shoplifting at London’s Gatwick Airport on the eve of his country’s crunch Euro 2008 qualifier with England. Zorislav Srebric, 67, was detained by police for questioning but was later released without charge.
The official was held on Tuesday after allegedly being caught stealing stationery from WHSmith at Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal. He was taken away by police yelling and screaming as stunned Croatia players looked on.
Can you imagine being a Croatian player and standing there as the head of your federation gets dragged through the airport like a 6-year-old on a sugar-high? It’s just the kind of thing that could make players seek Serbian citizenship. As it turned out, the whole thing was just a “misunderstanding.”
A statement from the CFF said a misunderstanding arose as Mr Srebric was buying newspapers but then noticed his team enter the airport building. He hurried to organise them through airport control but police thought he was trying to avoid paying for the papers.
In the end it ended up being a pretty good trip for Srebric. Croatia won the game 3-2 and they got to see David Beckham play…for free!!
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