Standard Liège regrets and condemns the incidents that took place last Sunday during the home match against Charleroi (0-3), the club announced in a statement on its own club channels. The Walloon derby was finally stopped a few minutes before the end of official time, after the game had already been stopped several times by referee Nicolas Laforge. Supporters threw fireworks and entered the field, before making their way towards the box with the Charleroi fans who had traveled with them.
During the game between Standard Liège and Charleroi, the game was interrupted several times after home supporters threw fireworks on the field. A field attacker was also caught by security. After 88 minutes of play, the home team faced a painful 0-3 deficit, after which things went wrong again. The home crowd expressed their dissatisfaction with a new shipment of smoke bombs, after which referee Laforge decided to stop the game for good. Supporters of Standard furiously stormed the field and sought out the Charleroi supporters. The police were eventually forced to intervene.
The supporters of Standard are now also on the field and are heading for the Charleroi branch. pic.twitter.com/pQMNReVPbT
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Standard is currently going through a disappointing season in the Jupiler Pro League. Currently Occupy lesson Rouches thirteenth place with twenty points from seventeen matches. “We understand very well that there is dissatisfaction among our supporters about the current sporting situation, but we cannot tolerate that a minority goes too far and commits illegal acts in and around our stadium as was the case last night,” the statement wrote. club in a comment. “As a result, the physical integrity of other persons was endangered. A football stadium must remain a place where the laws are followed and the people present are safe.”
Due to the disturbances, Standard has taken a number of measures. Part of the grandstand will be closed and tickets will no longer be sold for the next home games. In addition, Standard’s atmosphere groups are no longer allowed to buy tickets for away matches. Earlier in the day, things also went wrong in the game between Beerschot and Antwerp. During the duel in Antwerp, a Beerschot supporter ran onto the field in the second half and flung a torch towards the branch. Referee Lothar D’Hondt stopped the match, but decided to let it play out after a short interruption. Royal Antwerp was already leading 0-1 and kept that lead.
The Belgian Jupiler Pro League called on the clubs to take quick action in response to the disturbances. “It is incomprehensible that there are fans who do not heed the calls from us and their clubs,” the competition reported in a statement. Various media spoke of a ‘black Sunday’. If it is up to virologist Marc van Ranst, there is “In the Netherlands, the matches are currently played behind closed doors (while they have better corona figures)”, he refers to the corona infections on Twitter. that it could be done in a safe way. And they scored a own goal.”