Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Fans stabbed in Kiev before Champions League tie (Reuters)

Football Soccer - FC Dynamo Kyiv v Besiktas - UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Group B - NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine - 6/12/16. Police officers with Besiktas' fans during the match. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

By Igor Nitsak KIEV (Reuters) - Ten people were treated in hospital for knife wounds after hundreds of Dynamo Kiev and Besiktas fans clashed in the Ukrainian capital before Tuesday's Champions League match, local media reported. Around 600 fans were involved in clashes near the Olympiyskiy stadium, which will host the 2018 Champions League final, before Dynamo's 6-0 victory, Football 1 channel reported. "These clashes between Dynamo Kiev and Besiktas supporters were the consequence of the wrong risk assessment and security measures before the game," Markiyan Lubkivskiy, the former director of the Euro 2012 organizing committee, wrote on Facebook.


No comments:

Post a Comment

Featured Post

Carlos Vela's future is among the 14 roster riddles LAFC is trying to solve

LAFC general manager John Thorrington has just six weeks to rebuild a roster that has lost 18 players, and it's unclear if Carlos Vela...

Popular Posts