With coffee from the largest coffee shop in the world, the gathering of participants and visitors of the largest exhibition of former football and other sports legends of the ex-Yugoslavia began at the Pier in Ulcinj.
The coffee maker can hold about 600 liters of coffee, which is about 8,8 thousand ordinary cups. Džezva arrived from Sarajevo and was produced by the company Vispak in Visoko.
An appropriate cultural and artistic program is planned, and the presentation of all participants has been announced for noon, when the "Ulcin Friendship World Cup" will be officially opened. The prestigious event, which is a kind of promotion of Ulcinj and Montenegro, will last three days and without a doubt, will be a central sports event in the region.
The main initiator and one of the organizers of the event is the respected businessman from Ulcinj, former basketball player and sports worker Pavle Pajo Pepđonović. He was also the creator of last year's "Ivan's Ulcinj Game", which delighted the entire region with its mass and names and was dedicated to the promotion of the book and film of the famous Hajduk football player and national team player Ivan Gudelj.
"The whole city united on the issue of this organization. The final preparations are going on with great energy, there is no citizen who did not come forward and support the event on their own initiative," Pepđonović told Vijest before the new gathering of legends.
"Again, from the most beautiful city on the Adriatic, we are sending a message of friendship, respect, love, togetherness and peace. Athletes are ambassadors of the world. Thank you to everyone for your support, there is no first in this story, we are all one team," said Pepđonović at the time. Apart from him, both events were supported on their own initiative by almost all citizens of Ulcinj, entire families, businessmen, hoteliers, restaurateurs, local administration, Tourist Organization and community, private and public companies, religious communities, local sports clubs, fishermen, taxi drivers...
And the list of announced participants is more than impressive - Dejan Savićević, Zvonimir Boban, Ljubomir Radanović, Ivan Gudelj, Faruk Hadžibegić, Davor Jozić, Ivan Klasnić, Miodrag Kustudić, Nikica Cukrov, Mehmed Baždarević, Ivan Ćurković, Haris Škoro, Radmilo announced their arrival. Mihajlović, Ranko Stojić, Rade Zalad, Miloš Bursać, Miloš Đelmaš, Mirsad Fazlagić, Fuad Muzurović, Husref Musemić, Dragi Kanatlarovski, Vančo Balevski, Kočo Dimitrovski, Elvir Bolić, Stanislav Karasi, Jovica Nikolić, Redža Stoiljković, Dušan Pešić, Budimir Vujacić, Rizah Mešković, Vladan Radača, Aleksandar Kocić, Dževad Sećerbegović, Fuad Mulahasanović, Mato Gavran, Kemal Hafizović, Nihad Milak, Blaž Slišković, Enver Marić, Sead Kajtaz, Ante Miročević, Mojaš Radonjić, Dragan Vujović, Dragoje Leković, Slobodan Marović, Nihad Mujezinović . Merdanovic, Zlatko Krmpotić, Enver Hadžiabdić, Mili Hadžiabdić, Dušan Simić, Miodrag Živaljević, Velibor Pudar, Predrag Jurić, Brajan Nenezić, Anto Drobnjak, Mirko Vučinić, Aleksandar Kocić, Mehmed Janjoš, Bogdan Turudija, Ivan Tanković, Zoran Batrović, Branislav Đukanović, Slavko Vlahović, Fikret Kurgaš, Žarko Vukčević, Sulejman Sulj Demollari, Vojo Vukčević, Zoran Vorotović, Mićo Bakrač, Hisen Zmijani, Vukašin Petranović, Bajro Župić, Enver Gusinac, Vladimir Jocić, Branko Brnović, Damir Čakar, Sanibal Orahovac, Branislav Milačić.. ..
The composition of the Ulcinj Olympic Village should consist of Zoran Slavnić, Svetlana Kitić, Šaban Trstena, Mirko Vičević, Veselin Đuho, Mirko Puzović, Jasmin Mrkonja, Anto Josipović, Igor Boraska, Ivica Tucak, Goran Đukanović, Katarina Bulatović...
Former football referees Mateo Beusan, Goce Popev, Salem Prolić, Boro Bezjak, Atif Lipovac should also appear on the stage... According to the idea of the organizers, in one part of the event they would try to revive the cult show "Kutak za disputed moment", which was hosted by the well-known sports journalist Marko Marković on Monday evenings.
On the first day of the World Cup, the presentation of the participants, the promotion of the documentary about the legendary Miroslav Ćir Blažević in the House of Culture, and later a formal dinner in Primavera are planned. The second day, among other things, was reserved for the promotion of the film by journalist and publicist Milutin Grgur about "Ivan's Street Game".
On the third day, a showcase match of football legends is planned, lasting twice for 20 minutes, if the weather conditions allow it.
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