TIRANA, Albania — After investing thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours meticulously planning for his moment, Ismail Morina realized he had made a rookie mistake.
It was 9:25 p.m. last Oct. 14, and Morina, a 33-year-old Albanian crane operator, was standing in one of the towers of the Church of the Holy Archangel Gabriel in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. From there he could see into Partizan Stadium, where the soccer teams of Serbia and Albania were playing a tense qualification game for the 2016 European Championship. The match was scoreless as halftime approached.