Poland’s Legia loses 1:5 to Real Madrid, fans clash with police
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
19.10.2016 07:30
Legia Warszawa fans violently clashed with Spanish police amid their team’s 1:5 defeat to Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Legia Warszawa supporters clash with Spanish police before their team’s match. Photo: PAP/Bartłomiej Zborowski
Legia supporters began trouble before the Champions League group stage match began – they hurled glass bottles at police officers and journalists and began to push through security barriers.
Mounted and riot police retaliated using batons and rubber bullets.
The Madrid authorities had feared trouble and increased security ahead of the game.
Crowd trouble also broke on 14 September at Legia’s first game in the Champions League in 20 years, when it was thrashed 0:6 on home turf by Borussia Dortmund.
Following that match, UEFA, European football’s governing body, ordered Legia to hold a 2 November home game with Real Madrid behind closed doors, as punishment for misbehaviour by fans.
So far, Legia’s performance in the Champions League has not been impressive – the team also lost 0:2 to Sporting Lisbon.
(mol/pk)
Source: polskieradio.pl