BREZOVICA, Serbia — There was no spontaneous round of applause and no official announcement when the owner of the visiting team arrived at the tiny stadium in this Serbian village about two hours southwest of the capital, Belgrade.
The soccer match, between Brezovica and Vrelo Sport in Serbia’s fifth tier, was something of a local derby. A few hundred supporters, paying about a dollar a ticket, filled the uncovered concrete bleachers along one side of the field. It was the biggest crowd of the season.
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