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16-Jun-2024
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Slovenian football players with black flora on their jerseys in memory of Matija Šarkić

AUTHOR: M.J.
In the first match of the European Championship, the Slovenian football players wore a black flag in memory of the Montenegrin goalkeeper Matija Šarkić.

Šarkić died yesterday at the age of 27.

- With this move, Jan Oblak and his friends showed compassion for everyone in Montenegro and paid respect to our Matia on the biggest stage. Slovenians, thank you from the bottom of my heart - the Football Association of Montenegro announced.

The commemoration for the untimely death of Šarkić will be held on Tuesday in Podgorica, and the great goalkeeper will be buried tomorrow among his family.

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