Croatia boss Ante Cacic has called the supporters who threw flares on to the pitch in their Euro 2016 draw with the Czech Republic “sports terrorists”.<\/p>\n
The match, which ended 2-2, was halted in the 86th minute when flares from the Croatia end rained down on the Saint-Etienne pitch.<\/p>\n
Uefa has confirmed it will investigate the incident.<\/p>\n
“They are not really Croatia supporters. These people are scary and I call them hooligans,” said Cacic.<\/p>\n
Croatia have already been charged by Uefa after crowd trouble in their opening Group D game against Turkey.<\/p>\n
Uefa said disciplinary proceedings would be opened on Saturday once they had received the official reports about the trouble from the match delegate and English referee Mark Clattenburg.<\/p>\n
Cacic also hopes the Croatian FA will take action, adding: “The 95% of Croatian supporters are ashamed in front of Europe.<\/p>\n
“These are sports terrorists. This is maybe just a question about six to 10 individuals. I hope they can be identified and punished. I hope the Croatia FA is doing everything to prevent this, but it is impossible to avoid.”<\/p>\n
Uefa is also expected to open disciplinary proceedings against the Turkish FA after some of the country’s fans set off flares at the end of their 3-0 defeat by Spain in Nice.<\/p>\n
Before that game, three Spanish “ultras” fans were arrested for trying to bring flares into the stadium, while another three were arrested for carrying neo-Nazi banners.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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