Hungarian fans fought with police at Wembley. English say racism was to blame

Hungary’s match against England resulted in a 1-1 draw, but after the game there was absolutely nothing else to discuss. There was a clash with the police in the away fans’ sector, which the English side claimed was again racist.

The bad relations between Hungary and England flared up at the national team meeting last month, when the two teams played each other in Budapest. At the time, home fans were said to have racially abused the Albion footballers with monkey chants.

The Wembley organisers expected something similar to happen in the rematch. That’s why the Hungarians were offered only 1,000 tickets, with police and organisers on standby.

Moments after the opening whistle, there was a big conflict. The Hungarian fans, who were outnumbered, pushed the policemen into the bowels of the stadium, the clash between the two camps eventually calmed down, and in the second half the fans concentrated only on the action on the pitch.

According to the British media, the conflict was said to have been sparked by the arrest of one of the fans who allegedly made a racial slur against a member of the organising staff. A major conflict between fans and police then broke out, with several Polish rowdies reportedly in the Hungarian cauldron.

Another reason for the conflict to flare up was said to be the Hungarian fans protesting against the kneeling of the English players. The Hungarians had prepared a banner with a crossed-out kneeling man and accompanied the kneeling of the English players with deafening boos.

“I have nothing good to say to them either as fans or as people. When they display such banners against the values we as a nation believe in, it is inhuman. I heard about what happened in the stands and I find it disturbing and wrong,” England stopper Jon Stones said in a post-match interview.

Source: Twitter, Sky Sports, Sport