Moments of tension in Prague hours before the start of the Conference League final between Fiorentina and West Ham at the Eden Arena. Czech police arrested 16 ultras from the Italian team wearing black hoods after English fans were attacked in a downtown bar. Three of them were injured. Because of the incident, there was a dispute and a fight.
Videos posted on Twitter show fans lighting flares and knocking over tables at a bar on Rytirska Street located just outside St. Wenceslas Square. A policeman was also attacked.
As a West Ham fan explained to the British BBC, the group of Fiorentina fans who attacked English supporters, in addition to being hooded, wore chains and threw flares and fireworks.
The Prague police have deployed several hundred police officers for the final security apparatus. Estimated around 20,000 West Ham supporters, many without tickets for the game as the club barely received 5,000, They are in Prague following their team in search of their first European title since 1965.
In the semifinals attacked by AZ fans
It is not the first time this season that the ‘hammers’ fans have experienced this kind of thing, because in the second leg of the semifinals against AZ Alkmaar a group of fans, including the relatives of the players, were attacked inside the Dutch stadium. .
Source: La Verdad
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