sport">Images have surfaced on Twitter showing that the corona rules are not being observed by all fans. Opposite Broadcasting Brabant a spokesman for the municipality indicates that a permit has been issued for the meeting of supporters that started at the end of the afternoon on Thursday.
sport">“We are playing European football for the first time in fifteen years. And we are proud of that. We are not crazy and we also know that there will be a party, ”says a spokesman for the municipality. “We mainly see images of people disinfecting their hands upon arrival.”
Fans of Willem II watch the match in the open air.
Ⓒ Broadcasting Brabant
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sport">A small group of Willem II fans turned against the Mobile Unit on Thursday evening. Fireworks were thrown. Cans of beer also flew through the air and riot vans are hit, reports Omroep Brabant.
sport">It concerns a group of about fifty supporters. The fans left the square next to the Euroscoop, screaming. At the intersection of Stappegoorweg and Curlingstraat, the group was stopped by the ME. Among other things, dogs have been used to drive the supporters back towards the square. A brawl has also broken out on the square itself. The riot police were called in to calm things down.
sport">VVD MP Klaas Dijkhoff has no good word for the fans’ action. “Wtf Tricolores! This is going horribly wrong ”, the politician said via Twitter.
sport">Maarten Brink chairman of the police union ACP Zeeland-West Brabant is not tender with his criticism of the municipality. “Police officers really wonder how drivers would think of licensing these kinds of ‘meetings’. I don’t have the answer either. I don’t understand anything about this. Nothing. I hope that the last word has not been spoken about this. ”
Fans under magnifying glass
sport">Last weekend, not enough distance was kept in the stands at a number of matches in the Eredivisie. This led to irritation among Prime Minister Rutte and Mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb. The latter even threatened to make De Kuip supporter free again if the corona rules are not observed at the next home game of Feyenoord.
sport">The police spokesperson was not available late in the evening for comment on the intervention of the Mobile Unit.
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