The Most Controversial Moments in Euro Cup History
Like anything will be not complete without controversies, rumors etc, sports also be in the list of many controversies. Every sports and sports personalities wither big or small at least once had stuck in the controversies. Like the most controversies happened in the Euro cup history, Euro ’16. Played after every 4 years, Euro Cup is the second biggest footballing tournament at international level involving teams from across the Europe. But the fans, they are not limited to Europe. How about we take you on a small ride giving you a brief glimpse into some of the most controversial moments form the Euro Cup’s history.
Spain Abstinence from Visiting Soviet Union – 1960
The inaugural edition of European Championships was marred by political withdrawals and related controversies teams participated in the event with had legs in the knockout stage. There used to be massive time lapse between the two legs. Spaniards felt robbed off a chance to glorify their footballing history by none other than their own ruler in what became a largely controversial move by General Franco.
Allegations of Racial Divide Within the Orange – 1996
Netherlands were shown the road to home by French after winning the quarter final on penalty shoot outs. As if the defeat wasn’t enough for the Dutch fans to mourn for, they got the deeply worrying news of prevalence of racial discrimination in the team that fielded for their country in 1996’s Euro Cup.
Hooligans – Russia Vs England – 2016
The latest Euro Cup has been violent clashes between the Russian and the English supporters. In what seemed some very intentional and organized clashes, Russian hooligans took no half measures in making their English counterparts know who were the tougher of the two. Some sources revealed that these incidents resulted in a number of fans from both sides to be deported from France. In a 1-1 draw between Russia and England, Russian fans went a tad too ahead of the red line and assaulted few English fans in the stadium at the end of the game.
Controversial Move by Graham Taylor – 1992
England were drawing 1-1 with Sweden, Gary Lineker was playing what could be his last international match and was one goal shy from Bobby Charlton’s England Record when Graham Taylor, out of the blue, made the call of substituting Lineker with Alan Smith. Lineker was disgusted to his core by the call and didn’t even look to his manager. England ended being defeated by Sweden and Graham Taylor had a restive time explaining his move to the media.
England Vs Spain – Controversial Referees – 1996
Spain’s Julio Salinas had a goal ruled out despite the fact that he was clearly onside. Later Salinas had his say “We were not only playing against 11 players and 70,000 fans but also 3 officials. It was impossible to win.
Poland Vs Austria – 2008
Austria a highly controversial penalty kick in the dying moments of the game. Austria made full use of the opportunity and managed to get a draw for themselves eliminating Poland form the cup. This decision generated widespread cries.
Czech Republic Vs Croatia – Pyrotechnics – 2016
In a league match between the two countries which ended in 2-2 draw, almost dozen of flares ended up on the pitch when members of crowd turned on each other. In an extra ordinary turn of affairs, a section of Croatian fans in the ground attempted to disrupt the match when their team was leading the match by 2-1. Their actions depicted how deeply alienated they had become from their own home team and in their bid to register their protest against the administrators of Croatian football, Zdrakvo Mamic & Damir Vrbanovic, they started throwing pyrotechnics on the pitch. Some in Croatia blamed the disrupters for decreasing the moral of the team which ended up drawing a match against Czech Republic which they at one stage were winning.
Russian Hooligans creating Unrest in Euro 2012
Riot police in Poland had a very hectic day dealing with the rioters who run amuck the day of the match between Russia and Poland. The match coincided with Russia’s National Day and almost 5000 Russian fans staged a walk in the face of polish fans.
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