Fans throw flares during European soccer games. I’ve never quite figured out why that is the case, but it is. This is more than just that, though. This is a barrage of flares hitting the pitch during a Euro 2016 game between Croatia and the Czech Republic, and one of them exploding near a person attending to the field:
Flare blows up in field attendant’s face during Croatia vs. Czech Republic match
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What on earth is going on in #football #CZECRO Disgraceful pic.twitter.com/fsKPdwzh1H
— Tom Ó Brannagáin (@obrannt) June 17, 2016
Here’s the whole mess of flares in the corner of the field near Croat ultras:
Multiple flares thrown on pitch during #CZECRO. Raising issue of security once again #EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/gipklFVtQH
— Joe Pickover (@JPickover) June 17, 2016
Croat players could later be seen pleading with fans to stop, which ... yeah, they should stop doing that.
ESPN’s broadcast offered no indication of whether the flares caused any injury, but the guy whose face was frighteningly close to one appeared to walk away under his own power.
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