Harrowing scenes before Conference League Final in Prague!
Before the final between Italian club Fiorentina and West Ham United (9 p.m., here in the BILD live ticker) from England, both fan camps rioted violently in downtown Prague.
Six chaotic people were injured, and the police arrested 16 rioters.
Heavy fan riots ahead of Conference League final!
Fiorentina fans attacked West Ham supporters in a bar in Prague’s Old Town on Wednesday afternoon, according to Czech police.
In a video on Twitter you can also see that the chaotic people attacked each other with tables, chairs and pyro.
video surfaced Violent fan riots before the final in Prague
English fans stand in front of the “Studio4” bar and are constantly attacked from the street by Florence chaos. On the street in front you can see more fans throwing chairs, Pyros and other objects at each other on the way.
Another video on Twitter also shows the ugly scenes of violence in Prague: Fiorentina fans run down the street in front of another bar and are also attacked by English supporters with chairs and objects.
Even beforehand, Uefa classified the Conference League final between Florence and London club West Ham – whose fans are considered extremely violent – as a high-risk game.
Numerous security forces are on the move in downtown Prague, and police helicopters have been circling over the Czech capital since the early hours of the morning.
Two public viewing zones were set up for fans who couldn’t get tickets for the game at the 18,000-seat Eden Stadium – one for each of the two clubs.
In the city too, numerous fans of both clubs are bustling about before the game, getting in the mood for the second Conference League final in the history of the competition in bars and cafés around the Old Town Square.
Unfortunately, there are ugly scenes of violence…