A Stadium on FIRE. Greece - Croatia match suspended due to Fan riots

[Lol_101]

Fans throwing fire and seats get Greece-Croatia match halted - Dirty Tackle - World Soccer*Blog - Yahoo! Sports

In a series of events that only seems to have caught riot police by surprise, a group of Greek fans sneaked through the stands and attacked their Croatian counterparts at the start of Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier. This prompted referee Howard Webb to take action. And since he is a police sergeant, he didn't just run away.
From the AP:

The Euro 2012 qualifier between Greece and Croatia was temporarily suspended less than three minutes after kickoff on Friday when over 100 masked individuals entered a stand and attacked the Croatia supporters.
The group, some wearing motorcycle helmets, threw flares and at least one petrol bomb in their direction. Some Croatia fans responded by ripping off seats and throwing them at their attackers.
The game resumed after a six-minute interruption, but the Croat supporters, said to number about 700, continued ripping seats and throwing them at riot police, who responded with pepper spray.
Croatia fans were involved in pre-game incidents, causing damages in the port of Piraeus, near the stadium where the game is being played.
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Given all the violence Greek fans have caused during domestic matches in recent months, it's amazing they're not playing every game behind closed doors. Then again, after this incident, that might be coming.
Here's incredible video of the fire bomb going off...

[video=youtube;DLnOxDcCpwA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DLnOxDcCpwA[/video]

Some pics from the scene

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Probably the second time ive heard about this happening in Greece in this type of match. seriously, action needs to be taken to control this mess. what is up with these guys. ?????

 

[LewLufc]

Insane o.o

 

[W4FC B3N]

Greece doesn't have much going for it at the minute and they expect us to feel sorry for them.. Pfft.

 

[iNickStuff]

I'm surprised that nobody was injured during this. But that is quite bizarre.

 

[Lol_101]

well is bizrae how it all started. i dont see any apperent reasoning to it.


but i read somewhere about it, and some people are say it cuz of country boarder issues, or even ethnic rivalry.


lol, how naive. XD

 

[Blynd1]

It's greece! Hooligans there are ******* hardcore ahahah

 

[Montanaro]

Well, I'd have to say the Greek population in general isn't very happy.

Tough times can lead to crazy/irrational behavior.