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Group D: Czech Republic vs Croatia - (17/6/16) KO 5pm, BBC1/HD |
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Feel bad for the Croatian players that they're tarnished by such idiots in the crowd.
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I only saw the last 20 minutes and it was an incredible turnaround by the Czechs to get a draw.
Maybe it was commentators curse but in the very minute they were saying Croatia were looking for goal 3 the Czechs scored their first. Then the Croatians in the crowd went crazy followed by the silly hand ball to give the Czechs the equalizer. The Croatians must feel the last 20 minutes were like playing in a bad dream. and the crowd trouble matter hasn't concluded yet
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Refs a tit. Cost me a good bit by not letting that half one corner get taken
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when i think of the security checks i go through when i go to away games in the premier league it amazes me that the checks at a major tournament in a country on heightened terrorist alerts are so crap...
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There's one other element of the Croatian crowd trouble that wasn't shown on the TV coverage but might hold some clues as to what it involved.
A banner was held up by some Croatian fans in the area where the fighting occurred - which I suspect will be translated very shortly. |
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It would be my sweepstake team that capitulates from a seemingly invulnerable position. The Czechs had no right to snatch a point from that.
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Noticed the banner from a distance on TV. A protest perhaps? Probably some grim fascistic slogan.
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That steward. His ears must still be ringing..
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You can only assume that it's a combination of the fans who are bringing them in hiding them about their person well - and the security at the entrance to the stadium not conducting thorough enough pat-downs in their haste to get thousands of people in before kick-off.
It will be very interesting to see if UEFA consider this crowd disorder to be worse than the Russian trouble, because in this instance, multiple flares were thrown onto the pitch and one came very close to causing serious injury to a steward. Interesting question re the crowd disturbance; previous bad conduct by Croatian fans will also be taken into account I expect. |
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With such lax security regarding fireworks and flares it's only a matter of time before someone brings in a bag of grenades and has a free for all in the stadium.
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With such lax security regarding fireworks and flares it's only a matter of time become someone brings in a bag of grenades and has a free for all in the stadium.
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Just listening to Conor McNamara on 5 Live who's stated that the disorder seemed to be pre-planned and arranged between two sets of Croatian 'ultras'.
And as if the news for Croatia isn't bad enough, the Croatian team doctor has stated that Luka Modric is out for the Spain game because of the injury he picked up today. |
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Unlucky mate. I got lucky and cashed out a Croat win about 30 seconds before the penalty!
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Before the tournament there was talk of them encouraging fans to get to the stadium 3 hours before the match for security checks etc. Football fans just aren't going to do that.
It's ok having a pat down but if they're hiding firecrackers inside their shoes (they're not that big), I'm not sure how they can stop it. If someone is determined to get these things inside the stadium, they will find a way. |
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slaven bilic looks so despondant on itv giving some insight in to why their are issues with the fans...
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Noticed the banner from a distance on TV. A protest perhaps? Probably some grim fascistic slogan.
Somethings been lost in translation.. |
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According to google, the slogan was in bosnian and means 'Ante Vucica keeps the cattle'
Somethings been lost in translation.. |
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Those stupid flares ruined the game. They are a disgrace to their national team. I can see others in this thread are bigger supporters of the Croatian team than those thugs, and I don't see any FM is even Croatian. I include myself, I have been a fan of this team and the country in general ever since France 1998, often supporting them alongside England. For the first time since then Croatia are looking strong, confident in possession and winning the ball back easily, getting praise from pundits.
I like points to be won fair and square, what was the point of those Croats to do that? Don't they want to win the match? They are a disgrace to their country. Look at Albania, they lost their first game but they never did that. I was reading Darijo Srna's Wikipedia page during the match before it turned to shit and it was quite interesting to read about his personal life. It didn't mention about the death of his dad. He seems like a great guy. |
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Mark Clattenberg gets the camera on himself to end the half, just the way he likes.
I said this before when I saw the captain of a team making a nuisance of himself towards the end of a match the other day. It's not only contestants from Big Brother, Reality TV or daft celebrities who want air time, Footballers and even refs want to be in on the action
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Interesting question re the crowd disturbance; previous bad conduct by Croatian fans will also be taken into account I expect.
A warning and a big fine to fill UEFA's coffers is more likely! |
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Previous bad conduct wasn't taken into account by UEFA re the Russians so I can't see them doing anything different with Croatia.
A warning and a big fine to fill UEFA's coffers is more likely! |
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Wasn't it supposed to be a protest about the Croatian FA?
I didn't see it but it's some way to go about it. |
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I was willing the Czech republic on to score another goal and win the match after the way the Croatian fans behaved,
But you do have to call into question the security checks done if fans manage to get flares into a match. |
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Wasn't it supposed to be a protest about the Croatian FA?
I didn't see it but it's some way to go about it. The team should be on their final warning, this happens again, out they go, and Turkey gets their spot. |
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I said this before when I saw the captain of a team making a nuisance of himself towards the end of a match the other day. It's not only contestants from Big Brother, Reality TV or daft celebrities who want air time, Footballers and even refs want to be in on the action