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Jeličić Blasts Football: 'I Feel Disgust, Vomit From the Game, I Swear at Trump and the World Cup!'
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Jeličić Blasts Football: 'I Feel Disgust, Vomit From the Game, I Swear at Trump and the World Cup!'

From Večernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Former commentator Joško Jeličić expressed strong disgust with modern football, criticizing ticket prices, corporate presence in stadiums, and FIFA's alleged corruption and greed.
  • Jeličić stated that football has been transformed into a tool for politics and profit, alienating the sport from its roots among ordinary people.
  • He specifically condemned the World Cup and FIFA President Infantino, citing a controversial penalty decision as an example of hypocrisy and lack of credibility.

Joško Jeličić, a former football commentator, has returned to the media with a scathing critique of the modern game, expressing profound disappointment and disgust.

I feel disgust and I want to vomit from football.

— Joško JeličićExpressing his strong negative feelings about the current state of the sport.

"I feel disgust and I want to vomit from football," Jeličić declared in a recent podcast appearance, lamenting the sport's transformation. He pointed to exorbitant ticket prices and the presence of figures like Jay-Z and Drake in VIP boxes as evidence that football is no longer for the people. "They have ruined football," he stated, adding that he only enjoys "some details of our Croatia."

They have ruined football, I don't enjoy it, only some details of our Croatia.

— Joško JeličićExplaining his disillusionment with the commercialization and loss of authenticity in football.

Jeličić directed his ire at the World Cup, FIFA, and its president, Gianni Infantino, calling the current state of the sport a result of "incredible greed, avarice, and running after money." He believes football has been turned into a political tool, detached from its essence as a sport for the masses. "All these people have alienated our sport from what is the essence of football, and that is people from the nation, from the lowest classes," he said.

I swear on this World Cup, and FIFA, and Trump, and Infantino, and all this that is happening at the World Cup, and Infantino once again!

— Joško JeličićDirectly criticizing the World Cup, FIFA, and its leadership.

The former commentator cited a controversial penalty decision involving Folarin Balogun during a World Cup match as an example of the sport's hypocrisy and lack of credibility. "What is politics, if not that canceled red card for the American Folarin Balogun? It's so hypocritical," he questioned. Jeličić concluded by highlighting FIFA's perceived double standards, criticizing the organization for interfering in national football associations while simultaneously engaging in such political maneuvering.

All these people have alienated our sport from what is the essence of football, and that is people from the nation, from the lowest classes.

— Joško JeličićDescribing his view on how football has lost its connection to ordinary people.
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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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