The local duel between Espanyol Barcelona and FC Barcelona has been overshadowed by an incident in front of the arena. A car recorded and injured several people shortly before the game.
The Barcelona derby should become a Barca party because the team of coach Hansi Flick can win the championship with a victory against local rival Espanyol. But at the beginning the sport took a back seat. After eight minutes the game was interrupted, referee Cesar Soto Grado hurried to the sidelines and spoke to police officers. There was excitement in the stands behind the Espanyol goal, fans of the host made movements as if they wanted to end the game.
Police: Driver did not intentionally drove into the crowd
It went on and the stadium microphones were announced: “Attention, we will inform you that the incident is under control outside the stadium and there were no serious injuries.” At this point, photos and videos of a white car that is located between the fan masses and suddenly accelerated on social media and suddenly accelerated.
On one of the videos you can see how the car was apparently stopped by a fence and demolished and the police sometimes hold several people with troublemakers to get to the car. According to the Spanish media, it was a driver who initially accidentally hit a girl and accelerated out of nervousness when she was attacked by the fans in the vicinity of the incident.
The Catalan police announced that it was an accident and there was no intention. In addition, it was cleared by “X” that there was no danger to the people in the stadium.
Marca: none Seriously injured
13 people are said to have been injured, according to Marca “Moments great panic and fear” Given and the injured parties were taken to the hospital, but were not seriously injured. The car had driven into the crowd a few minutes before the game kicked off. Many fans from the Espanyol block left the stadium, according to Marca, the followers protested against it so that the game kicked off at all and then continued.