GENEVA (AP) — A tournament co-hosting bid by Albania and Serbia is an unlikely project in European soccer and politics.

The Balkan neighbors’ soccer federations have surprisingly teamed up to try to persuade UEFA to award them the 2027 men’s Under-21 European Championship in a vote expected in December.

It has been just under 10 years since the notorious drone game in Belgrade, and fresh memories of that have fueled opposition to the 2027 bid by some fans as well as the Albania captain from that evening.

A drone carrying an Albanian nationalist flag caused chaos when it flew above the stadium and down to field level as Serbia hosted Albania for a Euro 2016 qualifying game in October 2014.

Clashes between players that then brought Serbian fans on the field forced the game to be abandoned. The result was not decided until nine months later by a court in Switzerland.