A Greek soccer fan was fatally stabbed throughout a brawl close to Athens between rival followers, main UEFA to postponed Tuesday’s match between Greek hosts AEK Athens and Croatian membership Dinamo Zagreb. The combat broke out on Monday night forward of the UEFA Champions League third-round qualifying match between AEK and Dinamo on the Nea Filadelfeia stadium on the outskirts of the Greek capital.

The 29-year-old man died in hospital, police stated on Tuesday. His age had initially been put at 22.  Seven folks have been being handled in hospital for accidents. The casualties included a minor admitted to hospital after being hit on the pinnacle by a stone, public tv channel ERT stated. 
Police stated they’d arrested 98 folks, 84 of them Croatians. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic telephoned his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, “to send his condolences and condemn the violence”, the nation’s official information company Hina reported.

UEFA condemned “in the strongest possible terms the appalling incidents” and expressed sympathy to the sufferer’s household.  “Following yesterday’s violence and in consultation with the local authorities, UEFA has decided that the conditions for the match between AEK Athens FC and GNK Dinamo to go ahead tonight are not met,” UEFA stated on Tuesday.

Terrible scenes in Athens as Dinamo Zagreb followers have injured a number of folks forward of the #UCL conflict tomorrow.

It is even reported that there could also be a number of casualties.
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— Greek Focus (@TheGreekFocus) August 8, 2023

A 22 12 months previous was murdered in Nea Philadelphia, a neighbourhood of Athens by Croatian followers of Dinamo Zagreb in the meantime many locals have been additionally attacked. I’ve additionally seen {that a} 13 12 months previous is at present being hospitalised. This is actually sickening. pic.twitter.com/3u6GLMOE0Y

— #39; (@AegeanNative) August 8, 2023

An different date might be discovered for the postponed match — August 18 or 19 being the advised potentialities.

UEFA stated the second leg, as a consequence of be performed in Zagreb subsequent Tuesday, would go forward. Supporters of each golf equipment have been banned from travelling overseas for each matches.

The Greek ministry for citizen safety stated followers from either side had clashed close to the Nea Filadelfeia stadium, throwing stun grenades, stones, incendiary gadgets and different gadgets. Some have been carrying bats, police stated.

The violence began after the visiting crew had accomplished coaching and left the pitch below police escort, the ministry stated. Greek information company ANA stated an investigation had been launched and people arrested would seem earlier than the state prosecutor later Tuesday.

Dinamo Zagreb’s board of administrators condemned the violence. roatia’s inside ministry stated it had despatched Greek police, Europol and Interpol, “relevant information” about supporters who would possibly search to make the journey regardless of the ban.

Violence has marred plenty of soccer matches in Greece.  After a stabbing loss of life final 12 months, the federal government elevated the utmost sentence for fan violence from six months to 5 years.

Alkis Kampanos, 19, was killed in February 2022 within the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki throughout a combat between supporters of town’s rival golf equipment Aris Thessaloniki and PAOK.   Last month, seven defendants have been discovered responsible of his homicide and handed life phrases with 5 others jailed for  complicity.