Euro 2012 Qualification

[S O F I]

Robert Hatch (robert_hatch) on Twitter

 

[Flipmo]

Yeah, I was watching. Game is suspended, no word if it will play but I didn't hear about the automatic 3pts. We might get disqualified for this shit. There's more here than the Stojkovic fuckery. Belgrade held its first gay parade two days ago since 2001 and, as you can imagine, soccer hooligans and extremists wreaked havoc and hundreds of them were arrested with lots of injured cops and attendees. So, most of the same "fans" went to Italy to wreak havoc, not just in protest of Stojkovic playing for Partizan but also in protest of the EU, the Kosovo fuckery, and the Serbian gov't for allowing the gay parade to happen. Of course, I don't condone any of this behavior but just trying to put it in context.

I'm reading on Serbian forums about the 3 pts. There is word that the game will be played on another day... but that's really if they're lucky. Some of the flares were thrown at players I'm told.

 

[Flipmo]

This guy is all over the Gazetta. lol

 

[S O F I]

The last two flares were thrown at Viviano. He was scared shitless (understandably) and said he wouldn't play unless the fans were thrown out of the stadium.

 

[S O F I]

It's all speculation at this point. The Serbs are just gossiping lol.

This guy: James Horncastle (JamesHorncastle) on Twitter and the other guy I posted seem to know what they're talking about since they're there.

some pics:

http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calc...identi_con_tifosi_serbi-7987686/1/?ref=HREA-1

 

[Flipmo]

It's pretty extreme though to suspend them completely...

There were other cases where a ref was punched out (Denmark)... Bosnians started a shit storm with flares in Belgium. Shit, remember Turkey VS Switzerland? ... That was insane also.

 

[S O F I]

Yeah, we're looking at a monetary fine for sure. Everything else is debatable I'd say.

 

[Duke]

75th min matches:

England 0 - 0 Montenegro, lol
Scotland 2 - 2 Spain, lol


Belgium goes from 2-3 to 4-3 in the space of minutes at the very end. Austria bites the dust. Spectacular.

 

[Duke]

omg belgium 4-4


crazy!

 

[Flipmo]

Montenegro GO LOL

0 - 0 FT. LOL

 

[Duke]

lol @ England

 

[Flipmo]

Cico > England

 

[Bobby Sands]

Yeah, I was watching. Game is suspended, no word if it will play but I didn't hear about the automatic 3pts. We might get disqualified for this shit. There's more here than the Stojkovic fuckery. Belgrade held its first gay parade two days ago since 2001 and, as you can imagine, soccer hooligans and extremists wreaked havoc and hundreds of them were arrested with lots of injured cops and attendees. So, most of the same "fans" went to Italy to wreak havoc, not just in protest of Stojkovic playing for Partizan but also in protest of the EU, the Kosovo fuckery, and the Serbian gov't for allowing the gay parade to happen. Of course, I don't condone any of this behavior but just trying to put it in context.

half that country really is living in the stone age lol

did they really have a coffin?

that game was on at the Marassi wasnt it? hope they didnt wreck the place.

 

[Bobby Sands]

Montenegro are doing well.

of course we failed to win again. another bullshit draw. we missed a penalty and keane also missed 2 sitters.

and there was a debate about Darron Gibson on here a while back. he is fucking shite.

 

[Pittsey]

England match... Not so bad. Montenegro had a good game plan. England played with an unfit striker, and 2 donkeys up front... Barry is still shit, as is Lescott...

Were a little unlucky... But mainly lacked penetration...

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^Who are the 2 donkeys? i thought it was Crouch and ROoney up front?

 

[DPG iz all I C]

Scotland gained a little respect back with a good performance against Spain, though poor marking for the last goal.

Also got to laugh at the Serbs, they sure know how to wreck the place.

 

[Bobby Sands]

i hope the Serbs trash the shit out of Windsor when they go up there.

 

[Bobby Sands]

If Liverpool gets new ownership and some money to spend, i want Llorente.

 

[Flipmo]

Not much in the video, but you can see the tension there.

Italy vs. Serbia suspended after fan violence
Fans throw flares onto the pitch
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OCTOBER 12 2010 03:54 PM EDT

Serbia's European Championship qualifier at Italy was called off after seven minutes of play Tuesday night due to visiting fans throwing flares onto the field and lighting fireworks.

Serbia fans also clashed with police earlier in the day and delayed the start of the match for 45 minutes. Then when the game at Stadio Luigi Ferraris finally began, more flares and fireworks were thrown onto the field, and referee Craig Thomson of Scotland stopped the match.

Italy likely will be awarded a 3-0 forfeit victory by the Union of European Football Associations.

“The game has been called off definitively by the referee, who is the only delegate who can decide on the pitch,” Italian soccer federation general secretary Antonello Valentini told RAI television. “The referee felt that the players' security couldn't be assured. Now it's up to UEFA and their disciplinary procedures.”

Serbia lost 3-1 at home to Estonia on Friday. That match marked the debut of new coach Vladimir Petrovic, hired when Radomir Antic was fired following a 1-1 draw at home with Slovenia last month. The team has been in turmoil following its first-round elimination at the World Cup.

Before the scheduled kickoff, a few fans with ski masks that covered their faces except for their eyes climbed up onto a partition, took out tools and began cutting through a mesh fence. Glass partitions were broken.

One fan with his head covered burned what appeared to be an Albanian flag.

Police dressed in riot gear confronted the fans and eventually the teams came back out. Serbia fans whistled and booed throughout their national anthem, but the game began.

Earlier in the day, Serbia's usual starting goalkeeper, Vladimir Stojkovic, was hit by a flare thrown toward the team bus and brought to a hospital, according to the ANSA news agency.

Stojkovic's replacement, Zeljko Brkic, was nearly hit by one of the flares thrown onto the field when the game started.

Clashes continued outside the stadium after the match was called off, according to local reports.

At one point during the delay, Serbia players walked over to their fans ironically.

“We didn't applaud, we calmed down the fans,” Serbia captain Dejan Stankovic told RAI.

The match was to be played in memory of four Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Saturday. Several fan banners around the stadium paid tribute to the soldiers and Italy wore black armbands.

Apparently (coming from some AC Milan fan in Italy) Angelo Palombo released a press statement saying that Stankovic entered the Italian locker in tears and apologized to everyone.