Nice / Cologne (Europa League Conference): Deplorable footage of the events that caused dozens of injuries, one seriously (VIDEO)

Nice / Cologne (Europa League Conference): Deplorable footage of the events that caused dozens of injuries, one seriously (VIDEO)

Europa League evening turned into a nightmare on Thursday night at Allianz Riviera. The match between OGC Nice and FC Köln was postponed after heavy clashes between German and Nice fans. There are many injured, including one with a knife.

Sport took a backseat at the Allianz Arena in Nice on Thursday evening. This meeting, which counted for the first day of the Europa League Conference, was completely disrupted by violent clashes in the stands if the south club drew at FC Köln (1 everywhere). Events that cause the kick-off to be delayed. The match, originally scheduled for 18:45, finally started at 19:40 in a strange atmosphere.

The situation at the Allianz Arena got out of control shortly before 6 pm. Some of FC Köln’s German supporters left the booth reserved for them, passed the presidential box and headed for Nice kop. Hooded and armed with smoke bombs, along with iron bars, chairs and other bullets ripped from the stadium, the Germans tried to fight the Nice fans. “ It was the Germans to blame. He also commented on the province at the end of the match.

The hundred supporters, who had wreaked havoc on the streets of Nice a few hours earlier, were repulsed by the commissars and the police, who arrived as reinforcements. According to the latest report published by set, 32 people were injured, including 18 people – an officer and two police officers, according to AFP. Four people were reportedly hospitalized, including one who was transported in an absolute emergency after falling more than 5 meters from a platform. That would be an ultra-Parisian, a former member of Auteuil, a group that was dissolved in 2010 and has an alliance with the ultras from Cologne. So for this match, they should be with them. Another ultra-Parisian was reportedly stabbed during rare acts of violence.

The police, who were present to watch the match, were stunned by the violence and determination of some fans. ” We had to use pepper spray. Even smoke bombs were thrown at us, and they attacked the private security guards there. It was hot, we were stoned. They wanted to attack anything that moved. In addition, thanks to this passage that circulates all over the stadium on the Allianz Riviera, they could easily walk around to meet the people coming from Nice. They even wanted to break into presidential boxes to recover objects that could be used as bullets. It was the enthusiasm of the Cologne fans.”he told RMC Sport to a police officer present at the stadium.

Clara Kolodny

Source: Programme Television

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