The "Ulcinj World Cup of Friendship" was declared officially open today around noon by the President of the Municipality of Ulcinj, Omer Bajraktari, and the Deputy Prime Minister for Demography and Youth and the Minister of Sports, Dragoslav Šćekić, after which the presentation of the participants began.
Bajraktari said that the World Cup of Friendship is a special manifestation that puts Ulcinj on the map of sports cities, culture and tourism along with traditional hospitality.
"This has always been an open city that welcomed every visitor, tourist and people of good will with a big heart. So thank you to everyone who came and who will take away the most beautiful impressions from our city and tell your friends, comrades and acquaintances. Thanks to the journalists who will convey this wonderful atmosphere to their readers and viewers. Special thanks to those headed by Pavle Pepđonović who put in a lot of effort and effort to make the World Cup of Friendship the best and most effective promotion of our city, our true, authentic story," said Bajraktari on the plateau of Pristan, which was too small to accommodate all those who came to are attending the largest exhibition of football and other sports legends of the former Yugoslavia. He added that the local government is proud to have been with those people with a big heart from the first moment.
Ivan Gudelj, Ljubomir Radanović, Ivan Klasnić, Dejan Savićević, Davor Jozić, Faruk Hadžibegić, Mehmed Baždarević, Mirsad Fazlagić took the stage one by one... Zvonimir Boban, Miodrag Kustudić, Nikica Cukrov, Ivan Ćurković, Haris Škoro, Radmilo also announced their arrival. Mihajlović, Ranko Stojić, Rade Zalad, Miloš Bursać, Miloš Đelmaš, 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, Nijaz Ferhatović . 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 have consisted 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 were also invited... According to the idea of the organizers, in one part of the event they would try to revive the cult show "The Corner for a Disputed Moment", which was on Monday evenings was hosted by the well-known sports journalist Marko Marković.
The gathering started today around 10,00:600 a.m. with coffee from the largest coffee shop in the world. The coffee maker can hold about 8,8 liters of coffee, which is about XNUMX thousand ordinary cups. Džezva arrived from Sarajevo and was produced by the company Vispak in Visoko. An appropriate cultural and artistic program was also performed.
Apart from Bajraktari, Šćekić and Savićević, among others, the president of the Central Committee Dušan Simonović and former prime minister Dritan Abazović attended the event.
The prestigious manifestation, which is a kind of promotion of Ulcinj and Montenegro, will last for three days and without a doubt, will be the 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...
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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