English police had 46 supporters of Legia Warsaw in custody Friday after 바카라 90 minutes of sustained violence " the night before when 1,000 Polish fans arrived at Villa Park but weren't given their tickets to the game against Aston Villa. ()
West Midlands Police said their investigation will include determining why the tickets weren't distributed but that they'll pursue charges against those arrested after four officers were injured.
바카라The disorder that we encountered last night was the most severe that a lot of us have ever seen," assistant chief constable Damian Barratt told Talk Sport radio.
바카라It was undoubtedly, as I say, instigated as a result of this issue related to ticket allocation,바카라 he continued. "That바카라s something I바카라ll be taking up with football authorities and UEFA in particular. I will be expecting some strong decisions on their part.바카라
Villa won the Europa Conference League game 2-1. The away fans section of the stadium was empty.
UEFA said Friday that it 바카라strongly condemns the unacceptable violence바카라 that took place.
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바카라UEFA is in the process of gathering all official reports from the game before deciding on potential next steps,바카라 the governing body said in a statement. 바카라We have no further information or other comment to make at this stage.바카라
The normal process of ticket allocation, Barratt explained, is that the home club through UEFA provides them to the away club.
바카라Unfortunately that didn바카라t happen. As a result, it wasn바카라t that we excluded fans, it was that there were no fans with tickets that we could potentially safely facilitate into the ground and for that reason, we had to decide in conjunction with the club that the turnstiles would not be opened," Barratt said.
The Polish fans had been instructed to come to the stadium to receive their tickets and be escorted inside by police.
Aston Villa and Legia Warsaw did not return emailed messages Friday seeking comment.
The Polish team on Thursday night blamed Villa for 바카라refusing to allocate tickets to away fans.바카라
Barratt described 바카라enormous hostility바카라 among the estimated 1,000 away fans, some of whom started fires and threw flares. Police did not indicate that their officers' injuries were serious.
Most of the arrests were for violent disorder, four for 바카라possession of a knife/offensive weapon,바카라 and four for assaulting emergency workers," police said.
바카라All of those arrested are away fans, and we바카라ll be working hard to charge and remand those suspects where we can today,바카라 West Midlands Police said in a statement on Friday.
