Alert in Madrid due to the massive arrival of Feyenoord fans for the Champions League

He Atlético de Madrid I can already smell the fragrance of Champions League. The colchonero team will debut in the continental tournament, in the 23/24 edition, next Tuesday, September 19 against lazio. Their first home game in this competition, at Metropolitanit was on October 4. His rival, the Feyenoord.

Well, both the mattress club and the authorities of the capital of Spain They know they have to deal with one of the most problematic fans Europe. And it has been confirmed that the Dutch team will have the support of 3,431 fans in Metropolitan.

Tickets sold by Feyenoord they fly Ticket sales began on Friday for holders of the so-called ‘Diamond Card’ and ‘Gold Card’, two options to achieve preferential treatment in the case of fans of said team. During that time, 1,220 tickets were sold. On Monday, September 11, it was the turn of the headlines of ‘Silvercard‘ and the last 2,211 seats were sold.

The fight against Atlético de Madrid It will be played on Wednesday, October 4 at 6:45 pm He Feyenoord opens the group stage of Champions League with a home game against Celtic FC, followed by away game in Madrid. Dutch fans paid 55 euros per ticket for Metropolitan15 less than 70 UEFA set a limit for fights in the game Champions and what it means to red and white fans.

A PROBLEMATIC HISTORY

It shouldn’t surprise anyone if, in the end, the match is in between Athletic and the Feyenoord was declared high risk because fans belonging to ‘De club van het volk’has caused many incidents in recent years, especially in Europe.

The most recent, happened in May 2022, between the ultras of Olympique de Marseille and of Feyenoord. As previously reported by Bouches-du-Rhône Police Prefecture20 people were arrested after the riot between the radical followers.

The last good precedent started two years ago, in the final of Conference League which is disputed in Tyrantcapital of Albaniawhere the fans of Rome and the Dutch team clashed with each other and the police. More than 60 people were arrested, dozens of people were injured, including a dozen members of the security forces.

The hatred of the Roman fans has come from afar. In 2015, more than thirty of them were arrested in Rome before the conflict of European League. Hundreds of fans of the Dutch football club Feyenoord They clashed with the police in the middle of Romeinside the square Spainwhich provoked the anger of the then mayor, Ignazio Marino.

In 2019, the ultras of the Dutch team faced the boybefore the match between both teams European League. In 2014, Croatian police arrested Rijeka to five Dutch fans and one Balkan fan because of a brawl that took place before a match between both teams.

These are just two examples of what has been consistent over the years. In 2017, 52 fans were arrested for a brawl before the Shakhtar-Feyenoordin Ukraine.

In 2016, there was also widespread fighting between the ultras of Strasbourg and Nancyon the one hand, and FeyenoordFor others.

Naa Netherlands It became a constant. Their confrontations against the Ajax ultras were basically money. As of December 2021, approximately 150 fans of Feyenoord They gathered around the stadium De Kuip of Rotterdam in the moments before the game, even if it takes place behind closed doors and they throw flares at the coach of Ajax. The police had to intervene and there were more than 60 arrests.

But undoubtedly, the darkest phase of these confrontations in ‘ajacied’ is the so-called ‘Battle of Beverwijk’, in 1997-. He Feyenoord I played at home AZ Alkmaar, about 40 kilometers north of Amsterdam, something that the ultras of Ajax (about 150) to face the would-be rivals of Athletic (300). Baseball bats, iron rods, electric shocks, hammers and knives are the weapons of the enemies.

The battle ended with the death of a fan of Ajax and dozens injured, as well as in most of the ultras’ vehicles in the squad. Amsterdam burned. There were about thirty detainees.