Aboutaleb: fireworks smuggled into cup final in "intimate areas"


by DutchNews.nl

DutchNews.nl— Rotterdam’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb has said banishing flares from football matches is an almost impossible task because fans smuggled the explosives into the stadium in “intimate parts” of their body. The Dutch cup final on Sunday was twice suspended after fans of the two clubs, Feyenoord and NEC Nijmegen, set off fireworks and flares in Rotterdam’s De Kuip stadium. Referee Serdar Gözübüyük called the players off the pitch after 13 minutes after thick clouds of smoke billowed across the pitch

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Daily Mail—New angle emerges of Antony cupping his ears after Man United beat Coventry on penalties in FA Cup semi-final after he was slammed as 'shameless' by Gabby Agbonlahor for his antics. A new angle of Antony cupping his ears towards Coventry players has emerged. The Man United forward has been slammed as 'shameless' for his antics. VAR got Coventry’s chalked off winner right – those who wanted technology have got what they want!