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Podcast: The History of Yugoslav Football Podcast
Episode: Episode Sixty - The Match That Started A War
Description: On 13 May 1990, Crvena Zvezda visited Zagreb for a match that would never take place. In the week prior, Franjo Tudjman had won democratic elections. In the year prior, Croatia had gone from silence to boiling point.
On 13 May 1990, it would explode at Maksimir in the most famous footballing riot the world has ever seen. This is the story of what happened and how we got there.