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Canada's Milan Borjan, who was born to parents of Serbian ethnicity, has revealed that his phone number was leaked prior to his country's clash with Croatia on Sunday.
Borjan was born to parents of Serbian origin in Yugoslavia at the end of the 1980s and lived in a city called Knin - which became the main Serb stronghold in Croatia until it was taken by forces during the country's last battle in the war of independence in 1995.
A lot of bad blood still exists between the countries in the region as a result of the war crimes committed by the likes of Milan Martic, a Croatian Serb politician who presided over the unrecognised Republic of Serbian Krajina between 1994 and 1995, and the bloody break up of Yugoslavia in the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union.
Milan Borjan was on the receiving end of plentiful abuse from Croatia supporters during Canada's 4-1 loss
Speaking after the game, Borjan revealed he had received thousands of text messages but wished Croatia well.
'That itself speaks a lot about who those people are…I wish Croatia all the best,' he said.
During the game - which saw Canada lose 4-1, ending their hopes of qualification - Borjan was also whistled incessantly by a seemingly large section of the Croatia crowd. While a video emerged on social media showing supporters chant 'Borjan is an Ustase', a pro-Nazi regime which murdered thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma during the Second World War.
'It shows how primitive people are. I have nothing to comment on that. They should work on themselves and their families, because they obviously have some frustration, so they come here to vent,' Borjan said in response.
A banner was unfurled by a section of supporters referencing Operation Storm, which was the
