The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is prosecuting footballer Radovan Pankov of the Polish club Legia Warsaw for (attempted) serious assault on an AZ security guard after the match on October 5 this year. The Serbian player must appear in court in Alkmaar on January 11. The ANP reports this.
The assault of which Pankov is suspected took place after the match between AZ and Legia Warsaw on October 5 at the AFAS stadium in Alkmaar.
Chaos in Alkmaar
Both before and after the AZ match against Legia Warsaw, it was restless around the stadium in Alkmaar. Fans of the Polish club stormed the entrance gate of the away section beforehand. A police officer from the Mobile Unit (ME) became unconscious. After the match, two players, including the captain of Legia Warsaw, were arrested at the team bus. Read in this reconstruction exactly how the evening went.
The two were released a day after the match, but remained suspects in the case. Now the Public Prosecution Service will prosecute Pankov. About Pesqueira, the spokesperson for justice says that the investigation is still ongoing.
Troll army
In the aftermath of the chaos, almost everything related to the municipality of Alkmaar suffered on social media. The incidents after the Conference League match AZ-Legia Warsaw caused an unprecedented storm of hate messages directed at civil servants, the mayor and even the Cheese Market.
There was criticism from Poland about the disturbances surrounding the match and the intervention of the riot police. The Polish government spoke of “credible, very disturbing information about discriminatory actions by the Dutch services against Polish citizens, including in the city of Alkmaar.”
In their joint statement, the municipality of Alkmaar, the police, AZ and the Public Prosecution Service previously stated that the picture was painted in Polish media “that players were victims of riot police actions, but this is by no means the case. It was the players who committed violence.” used.”