FC Groningen did not intervene against Ajax due to fear of escalation: ‘Would be more traumatic for children than now’

After the first temporary strike in the home match against Ajax, FC Groningen did not intervene for fear of escalation. That is what the club says today. “The chance of escalation if intervention was enormous, resulting in a possible mass brawl – in which it was estimated that there would certainly be injuries in that case – and the images and memories, especially for children, would have been more traumatic than they are now. was the case.”

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