Croatia game hit by flares, fighting among their own fans
It seems like the euro 2016 is hitting the news more because of the off field behavior and accidents then the on field game by the players. Days after the game between England and Russian another incident happing on the field is fans thronging flares on to the pitch and fighting among themselves.
And for the same the match between Croatia and Check Republic was held 7 minutes after this behavior of the fans. Eight flares and other objects landed on the pitch near to riot police, who had been deployed in front of the section housing Croatia fans.
Even the Croatian player Ivan Rakitic fears that they will be thrown out of the euro 2016 due to the misbehavior of their team fans as the UEFA has started investigating the accident.
The trouble broke out in the dying minutes of a game that Croatia was leading 2-1. The English referee called the players to the centre of the pitch and consulted an official after the trouble broke out, while Croatia’s players appealed for calm from the fans.
The Croatian team is already facing problem for disciplinary hearing on June 21, which happened three times in the qualifiers, when fans behaved the same way.
Tournament organisers UEFA said disciplinary proceedings related to the latest incidents would be opened on Saturday once they had received the official reports about the trouble from the match delegate and referee Mark Clattenburg.
So let’s see what happens with the team …
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