Conference League: Union Berlin wants education to police

The dramatic images of bleeding fans and chaotic scenes around the stadium defeat of 1. FC Union Berlin made very quickly a minor matter.

After 1: 3 (1: 2) of the Bundesliga club in the Europa League Conference at Feyenoord drew the deployment of Dutch police and the behavior of supporters who traveled into focus. There are pictures of many injured by an obviously very tough police action. That s the whole simply unacceptable, said Union Head of Communications Christian work.

A total of 75 people were arrested around the encounter at the stadium De Kuip. The representations about what happened exactly go far apart. While Union fans reported in social media from targeted attacks and arbitrary arrests, the police found the incidents is different.

Thus, a group of 59 union supporters before kick-off initially was looking for a confrontation with fans of Feyenoord. They were, according to police suspected prepare open violence. Another 16 people are suspected among others of vandalism and possession of fireworks.

Trailing inlet

Before the inlet to the guest block it later came to enormously long waits. The approximately 2,400 Berliners were partially long after the game begins not in their seats in the arena. An exact reason for the delay was not immediately known. It s a catastrophic situation in our view, use, when several hundred people with tickets to the half-time are not at the stadium. Then something is not right, said Job.

The police reported, meanwhile, also from an attack a small group of German hooligans on the officials. As a result of the attack, a police dog was used, both three Union fans and accidentally bite a policeman. Sufferers required medical treatment. Fans Union also a police horse and rider were injured among other because the animal is frightened by fireworks and then fell.

The fan base iron aid cried Affected this, click to create memory protocols to educate the incidents. On the Twitter account of solidarity also was shown photos of the injured. To see the consequences of a dog bite and a football fan with a bleeding head wound were therefore supposed to. The police were accused of having deliberately attacked their heads.

work-up announced

Union announced as a result of the total incidents of already held talks with Feyenoord and the European Football Union. We will have to talk about how something like this can happen at European level. So this is unacceptable, said Job. UEFA could not comment on the incidents on Friday. It was expected initially the official reports, it was said to dpa request.

Overall, the trip was to Rotterdam for Union a trip to forget. After arrival, a roughly 25-member delegation had been attacked by President Dirk Zingler of a group of Dutch hooligans during a visit to a bar near the team hotels assaulted. The Berlin were pelted with tables and chairs, the police was ordered to intervene. Feyenoord apologized for the attacks and promised enlightenment.

Uniony from the capital in Group E with three points from three games midway through the first round are now last, but the chance on getting ahead still exists. Long time to think is not for the team of coach Urs Fischer, on Friday we went to Stuttgart. With the Swabians on Sunday is (17:30 am) the next Bundesliga game on the schedule.