Albanian national team striker Rey Manaj has stated that after the historic victory in Leskovac and his goal against Serbia, he received congratulations from his coach at Al Sharjah, Serbian Milos Milojevic.
This statement has sparked strong reactions in Serbia, where some media outlets have described it as a provocation and have covered it extensively in the headlines.
"The Albanian provocateur quarrels with the Serbs: Milojevic congratulated him on the goal in Leskovac," writes the portal republika.rs.
Meanwhile, hotsport.rs comments: "Manaj destroyed Serbia, and Milojevic supported him."
The media outlet kurir.rs writes: "The Albanian destroyed the 'eagles', shamelessly provoked and then surprised everyone", while alo.rs opens the article with the headline: "No one expected this - Albania's hero revealed everything, a Serb congratulated him on the goal".
