West Ham win marred by horrific scenes as ultras assault touring followers
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est Ham’s progress into the Europa Conference League closing was marred by horrific scenes in Alkmaar as sections of the travelling help have been attacked by residence followers at full-time.
Pablo Fornals’ stoppage time goal earned the Irons a 1-0 win on the evening and a 3-1 mixture victory which sees the membership into their first main European closing since 1976.
Uefa protocol signifies that travelling groups are given an allocation of company tickets inside the residence stand at matches, relatively than in the principle away finish.
The same association on the London Stadium final week led to a verbal confrontation between West Ham followers and AZ Alkmaar employees and gamers’ households, however right here the state of affairs escalated horrendously.
At the full-time whistle, having seen the West Ham entourage’s celebration of the late objective, a gaggle of hardcore supporters from the extremely finish of the bottom raced across the fringe of the enjoying area to assault the visiting supporters.
West Ham’s gamers raced to the state of affairs, with lots of their members of the family evidently caught up within the melee, whereas native police appeared sluggish to intervene.