Two days after the controversial lighter incident at Feyenoord-Ajax, matches in professional football went wrong again. After the match against FC Utrecht, it was restless for a while on Friday evening around the FC Groningen stadium.
Supporters of the home club tried to get close to the section with FC Utrecht supporters, to write regional media. The police prevented this and temporarily enclosed the supporters behind a guardrail along the road. Then about twenty supporters walked towards the police. Policemen were pelted with bottles from that group. A roadside fire was also started.
The group of supporters who were enclosed behind the guardrail were led back to the stadium by the police a short time later. The other group that arrived later was chased away by means of charges, writes RTV Noord. FC Groningen lost again on Friday evening (1-2) and seems to be on its way to relegation to the second level, the Kitchen Champion Division.
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Helmond became Sport-MVV in that competition last night temporarily discontinued after fireworks were thrown on the field from the out section. With this, a new rule set by the KNVB football association immediately came into force: from now on, matches will be stopped immediately if objects are thrown on the field.
Without an audience
The discussion about the behavior of supporters has flared up in recent weeks. Even before the incidents in De Kuip last weekend, where hurtful chants could also be heard, the police union sounded the alarm. On this site, Jan Struijs of the NPB stated at the time that a ban on public access was appropriate if it were even more often went wrong at the stadiums.
After the events surrounding Feyenoord-Ajax, which gave Ajax player Davy Klaassen a bleeding head, suggested justice minister Dilan Yesilfgöz that the home audience may also be banned if the problems are not quickly suppressed.
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