During the 2018 World Cup in Russia, two Kosovo-born Swiss players stirred controversy when they flashed a double-headed eagle gesture during a contentious win over Serbia. The gesture was an assertion of ethnic Albanian pre-eminence in Kosovo and a rhetorical strike against the Serbians, who still claim ownership over Kosovo even ten years after its declaration of independence. The gesture sparked worldwide media coverage and prompted punishments by FIFA (the World Cup's governing body), which legislates against overt political expression during matches. In this article, I will examine the double-headed eagle gesture as an example of the body's unique capacity to perform multiple political interventions at once. Not only did it transmit a contentious history, it also undermined the anti-political boundaries erected around the scenarios of transnational combat engendered by FIFA, highlighted anti-immigrant sentiments still festering across Europe, and illustrated the communicative powers that elite players can access through their goal celebrations. Considering these valences supports my reading of this case as symbolic of the sort of ruptures produced by competing impulses operating in Europe today, one working for the affirmation of the union, the other for its dissolution.

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世界杯双头鹰：足球场上的手势与情景

在 2018 年俄罗斯世界杯期间，两名出生于科索沃的瑞士球员在有争议的战胜塞尔维亚的比赛中做出双头鹰手势，引发了争议。这一姿态是对阿尔巴尼亚族在科索沃的优越地位的断言，也是对塞尔维亚人的口头攻击，塞尔维亚人即使在科索沃宣布独立十年后仍声称对科索沃拥有所有权。这一姿态引发了全球媒体的报道，并引发了国际足联（世界杯的管理机构）的惩罚，该机构立法禁止在比赛中公开发表政治言论。在这篇文章中，我将把双头鹰的姿态作为身体同时执行多种政治干预的独特能力的一个例子。它不仅传播了一段有争议的历史，它还破坏了围绕国际足联引发的跨国战斗场景建立的反政治边界，突出了仍在整个欧洲恶化的反移民情绪，并展示了精英球员可以通过他们的进球庆祝活动获得的交流能力。考虑到这些价值，我支持我将这个案例解读为今天在欧洲运行的相互竞争的冲动所产生的那种断裂的象征，一种是为了确认联盟，另一种是为了解散联盟。