German Soccer Tournament Canceled After Massive Brawl
- Posted on January 7, 2012 at 4:40pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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(The Blaze/AP) Organizers say they have abandoned an indoor soccer tournament in Germany after the opening day finished with a mass brawl that had to be broken up by police using tear gas.
German media reported that Hamburg police made 72 arrests and that 49 people were injured, including 11 officers, after violence broke out Friday night following a 3-3 draw between second-division St. Pauli and regional league team VfB Luebeck in the Schweinske Cup.
The Local reports that the incident started around 7 p.m., when fans of VfB Lübeck and FC St. Pauli got involved in a huge confrontation that turned violent.
“At first the football match continued, but in the second half, the clashes became so hefty that spectators began leaving the stadium and the match was halted. It took several hours to get the situation under control.
‘We had a situation in which a large number of very aggressive FC St. Pauli fans continued to seek out confrontations throughout the entire stadium, including with the police,’ Robert Golz, the match operations director told Sky Sport News. Police used clubs and tear gas to get the situation under control, he said, adding a number of people ‘not involved (with the rioting) were injured from pepper spray.’”
Organizers announced on the tournament website they were scrapping the second day of the event on Saturday, saying they were “shocked and feel for all the innocent guests at our event who were injured.”
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tool4rage
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 3:18amI will never cease to be amazed that people all over the world riot over SOCCER/FUTBOL, of all things. I think they do it because the just get so d*mn*d bored watching it :D
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:38pmits just a stupied game folks! Oh! but America is so violent, and backward, and Europeans are sooo sufisicated, and mature compared to Amercans. aaaaaahhhhhhhhhahahahahahahaha!
Report Post »SHIPMONEY100TRILLION
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 6:50pmWas Hitler there?
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 5:02amAmazing how deep rooted people get in a game or for a team , especially when the players on the team don’t even know who the fans even are because they have never met them
Report Post »Zod Cranards
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:17pmWhy is violence such a common occurrence among blacks when large groups of them gather?
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:02pmZod,
Don’t look now, but the story actually occurred in Germany, which does not have the same percentage of blacks that the U.S. has. I would be very surprised if the crowd was mostly black when the violence broke out.
Report Post »Mrs. Bowers
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:04pmI hope they had cameras on hand to view the trouble makers and arrest them for stirring up such a thing. Several years in the slammer will squelch a lot of this mayhem.
Report Post »Dumbwhiteguy
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 2:07pmI agree, cameras would help.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 8:45pmWell, that sport is so boring they have to make it interesting….I think they should put up a fence and add a lion to the mix…..
Report Post »rovinrobin
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:32amNot a bad idea, Skippy!
Report Post »Gary747
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 8:03pmOrganized Professional Sports Are The Opiate Of The Masses. Worldwide.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 7:11pmAnd they say Americans are violent.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:02pmNope, people are..all people have the propensity for violence.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 12:51amI know but I get sick of hearing from people who say that Americans are violent and act like other countries are not violent.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 6:55pmSoccer is a BORING game. Don’t watch it….don’t care. I just don’t understand the fascination and the violence that goes along with it.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 6:33pmI’d be POed too if St. Ron Paul tied VD Stan Brubeck in the Schweinhund Cup.
I guess….
Report Post »Heck, just sayin’ it hurts.
BIGJAYINPA
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 6:07pmBrits, South Americans, you expect this sort of behavior. But for the Germans to get so out of hand is very unusual for such a disciplined orderly people. The Krauts must really be pi**ed about having to bail out the rest of Europe for them to lose it over a darn soccer game………..Just sayin’
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 4:55pmDamned Krauts.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 4:53pmI went to a riot once, and a soccer game broke out.
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 6:42pmLol
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 4:48pmThe drone of those God forsaken vevuzulas would drive me fighting mad as well.
Report Post »Got2bRoni
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 6:25pmLol. They need to be outlawed!!
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