The fact that a player was interacting with the supporters in the stadium and by his actions involved the supporters in his disparaging behaviour is to be considered as an aggravating factor. As such, an expression of discriminatory nature and offending the dignity of persons, pronounced partly by the player and partly by the spectators in reply, can be attributed to the player as if he had pronounced the entire expression himself.
Facts/Procedure
On 19 November 2013, the return leg of the national football teams of Croatia and Iceland took place in Zagreb, Croatia, as part of the play-off of the preliminary competition European zone of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Croatia won the match with the final score of 2-0 and thereby qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
Around forty minutes after the conclusion of the match and after having waited for some minutes for a microphone, the Player L. went to the centre of the pitch. While making “rising arm movements” with his left hand, he first pronounced, at least twice, the words “u boj, u boj” (“to the battle”), replied by the spectators in the stadium with the words “za narod svoj” (“for your people” or “for your nation”) and then repeatedly four times, the words “za dom”...
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