UEFA must dare to act – Sydsvenskan

Description: Max Wiman

Published November 3, 2015

The Terrifying reports from Ukraine hooligan assault on Malmö FF supporters who are out on even a football adventure in Europe. I know a lot of them, I have relatives-in-the family is there. It is quite usual residents of Malmö, which is flown, the boards of buses and sweet potato and bilaterally, who fall victim to criminal gangs and what the rumors say belong to the circle around a completely different team, local Karpati Lviv.

Therefore, it is not easy to cry for punishment of Shakhtar Donetsk in the first stage, while happy people are gearing up for football at a pub. Believe me, I’ve been to many of these The events shorter times and it’s just about football, about the love of the MFF (hence I do not say that there are bad apples around MFF, unfortunately, are well those everywhere in society).

But the mighty Uefa can be so flat in the issues around the fans is terribly frightening.

They may be referring his detail-driven regulations require out fine if a sticker is too high or too low. They can impose fines of spectators wearing shirts labeled “UEFA mafia,” something – and then I put no valuation of the message – what now can ever be possible.

But they accept that countries in war and with clear doubts in their democracy, denying the so-called supporter police access. That’s what happened Malmo FF this time. Ukrainian police have not even deigned themselves to answer questions and the police may not enter without an invitation.

Of course UEFA regulate safety in its rules, of course, the requirement that the supporters officers shall have access as a matter of course .

Now it seemed that the MFF are both at the hotel yesterday (where it is more difficult) and at the pub today had no police protection at all. For it is actually in the property primarily as policemen gathered at all the other places where MFF been and where confrontations were basically non-existent (there’s always some small incidents).

Donetsk can not be punished for what others (possibly) doing. But Shakhtar Donetsk should like all the other teams live by divisen to supporters policemen are welcome and that cooperation is a natural part of the game. If the state authorities say no in Ukraine to let in the police, then it is just to say goodbye to their team as well.

And yes, of course it would have made a difference if there had been two-three Swedish police on the ground. The probability that they had Ukrainian colleagues on site too, of course, had been infinitely greater.

I suffer with those who invested time and money on the trip, to see a match with their team and see an exciting city . I suffer with the families who sit at home and are nervous. It’s scary that it should be like this.

Suddenly it is important to consider that might all come home and might no more be damaged.

My reasoning points this morning and faced match starting in just a moment, suddenly became not so interesting.