Hooligans threaten to disrupt Croatia match

ZAGREB: Hardcore supporters of Croatian club Hajduk Split, suspected of throwing flares during the match against the Czech Republic, have threatened on Facebook

ZAGREB: Hardcore supporters of Croatian club Hajduk Split, suspected of throwing flares during the match against the Czech Republic, have threatened on Facebook to also disrupt the next game against Spain.

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UEFA have brought charges after at least 10 flares were lobbed from the Croatian corner of the Saint-Etienne stadium during the 2-2 draw with Czech Republic on Friday.

The incident sparked outrage in the Balkan nation with Croatia coach Ante Cacic branding the perpetrators “sports terrorists” and President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic describing them as “enemies of Croatia”.

The “Torcida Split 1950” supporters’ group posted a layout of the stadium in Bordeaux where Croatia play against Spain on Tuesday and their supposed plan of action. A caption on the map spoke of “another plan”.

Angry comments under the post read “you are a disgrace to this country” and “you should be ashamed and thanks to hooligans like you I’m ashamed of being a Croatian”.

Just hours before the start of the troubled match against the Czechs, Torcida had posted a similar map of the layout of the Saint-Etienne stadium.