BELGRADE, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Soccer star Savo Milosevic joined protests against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade on Wednesday, showing his skills in a match organised by the opposition.
Milosevic, who plays for Italian side Parma, took part in a
six-a-side tournament in central Belgrade with Yugoslav acting
celebrities, and later joined up to 3,000 opposition supporters
in a march towards Belgrade's Slavija Square.
The events were organised as part of a country-wide campaign
of civil disobedience following the disputed September 24
presidential election.
Milosevic - who is not related to the Yugoslav president --
and other players wore T-shirts with the clenched-fist symbol of
the student-based Otpor (Resistance) movement.
"I came here to participate in this action, the fact that I
am here speaks volumes on what I think," Milosevic told Reuters.
Milosevic scored five goals for Yugoslavia at Euro 2000,
making him joint top scorer in the tournament with Dutch striker
Patrick Kluivert.
Slobodan Milosevic is trying to organise a second round of
voting on Sunday between himself and opposition presidential
candidate Vojislav Kostunica, who says he won outright in the
first round by gaining more than 50 percent of the votes.
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