Serbia warned about further ´incidents´

Serbia, currently atop Group 7 of European qualifiers for next year’s World Cup, could be docked points should there be incidents in its upcoming matches, the country’s football federation warned.

Serbia, who lead France by four points, face Romania on Saturday and Lithuania on October 14 in the knowledge that another win would guarantee their passage to the finals.

But the federation said that FIFA’s disciplinary commission had stressed that any further “incidents” could lead to drastic sanctions such as the docking of points.

The FIFA warning came as part of a letter that evoked fines that had been handed down on the Serbian federation for incidents during previous qualifying matches against France, Austria and Romania.

“We will continue to undertake the necessary measures to prevent all incidents,” federation secretary-general Zoran Lakovic said.

Lakovic called on all fans to support the national team in the “correct manner” and said he remained “convinced that the inappropriate actions of some individuals would not compromise the results of work of the team”.