About ten thousand followers of the Glasgow Celtic They took the center of Madrid this Wednesday. The Plaza Mayor was one of the places where the largest number of fans of the Scottish team gathered. Lots of fans and lots of alcohol.
The game was considered to be high risk and that is why a special security implementation was mounted. With police helicopters and nearly 50 officers. On more than one occasion the riot police have had to intervene due to the uncivilized behavior of one of Glasgow’s Celtic hooligans.
Of the ten thousand followers, only two thousand had a ticket and violent actions were feared at the entrance to the Santiago Bernabéu. Most of the seatless fans chose to follow the match in bars and restaurants, a duel that ended with Real Madrid battling the Scottish team.
Many locals gathered the terraces and closed earlier on the instructions of the authorities to prevent the party from continuing into the night.
Accidents on Tuesday, 24 hours before the game
The biggest problems with fans of the Glasgow Celtic they lived the day before Real Madrid – Celtic. And that’s it several Scottish fans threw bottles at the officers of Madrid police in a terrace and bar area. The agents responded by accusing the hooligans.
The situation did not go further and could be safely controlled by the police. Apart from this incident, the passage of the Scottish fans through the Spanish capital was regulated without any major disputes or incidents, apart from the traces of garbage (bottles, glasses, bags) that they left in the places where they met.
