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SLOBODAN SORO HAS SPOKEN: Here's what he said after the announcement that water polo players will boycott the national team...

The news that 11 water polo players will no longer play for the national team as long as Slobodan Soro is at the head of the association has echoed like a bomb.

As many as 11 national team players will no longer play for Serbia while Soro is president of the VSS

Slobodan Soro was recently appointed President of the Water Polo Federation of Serbia, and few expected this to cause tectonic shifts in the men's national team.

Will water polo become a victim of a regime showdown

The new president of the Association, Slobodan Soro, shot and missed by belittling the results of Olympic and European champions. The question remains whether it was on the orders of Aleksandar Šapić? If the resignation of the coach was calculated, the reaction of the players demanding his departure was an unexpected, fierce counter-attack. And yes, there is no conflict of power and opposition here, this is just a problem for the authorities.

Water Polo Players' Rebellion: 11 National Team Members Leave Due to Federation Leadership

Captain of the Serbian water polo team Nikola Jakšić, along with his teammates Radoslav Filipović, Dušan Mandić, Strahinja Rašović, Sava Ranđelović, Đorđe Lazić, Radomir Drašović, Nemanja Vico, Nikola Dedović, Petar Jakšić, and Viktor Rašović, announced today that they have made a unanimous decision to withdraw from the Serbian national team as long as Slobodan Soro and his team are in charge.

VSS Announced: It's Not 11 Current National Team Players, But Four

The Water Polo Federation of Serbia issued a statement today, emphasizing that the boycott of the national team announced on Thursday is not from 11 but from four national team players, and stressed that it is an abuse for political purposes.