Bad scenes played out in the stands before the Conference League game between OGC Nice and 1. FC Köln Photo: picture alliance/dpa
From BZ/dpa
Fan expert Michael Gabriel sees the recent riots in the European Cup as evidence of a growing willingness to use violence.
“In our opinion, this has become even more important within the ultra groups, and has greater value,” said the head of the fan projects coordination office on Deutschlandfunk.
On the other hand, in the Union game in Braga, there was “only” a lot of pyrotechnics in the guest block. Looks good, but it’s forbidden Photo: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PR
In certain games, supporters for whom the topic of violence has a positive connotation “dominate and set the tone, so to speak,” Gabriel explained.
Most recently there had been violent fan riots at the guest appearances of 1. FC Köln in Nice and Eintracht Frankfurt in Marseille. According to Gabriel, the recent increase in violent incidents at the international level is worrying and “very, very disturbing” in its dimensions.
In his opinion, it was lucky that “there were no deaths” in the two European Cup games in France.