DoubleStar3
04-13-2005, 01:59 PM
Inter-Milan match ends in chaos
Angry fans throw flares onto pitch
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AC Milan goalkeeper Dida is attended to after being struck by a flare in Tuesday's match.
MILAN, Italy (Reuters) -- The Champions League quarterfinal between Inter Milan and city rivals AC Milan was abandoned after 73 minutes on Tuesday after Milan keeper Dida was struck by one of dozens of flares thrown down from the stands.
German referee Markus Merk took the players off the pitch at the San Siro stadium after Inter fans began hurling plastic bottles and then over 30 flares on to the penalty area below them after a header by Esteban Cambiasso was disallowed.
Dida received medical treatment to his shoulder while Inter players urged their fans to stop hurling objects on to the pitch.
The goal frame disappeared in clouds of smoke as flares continued to be rained down and burn on the pitch.
The players came back on to the field after 25 minutes but Merk took them off again after just 30 seconds play and abandoned the game when more flares came raining down with no sign of intervention from the police.
Milan was leading 1-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Andriy Shevchenko, which had put it 3-0 up on aggregate after it won last week's first-leg 2-0 at the San Siro stadium the two clubs share.
UEFA's website reported that "referee Merk will now submit his report to the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body, who will deal with the case."
Source: http://sportsillustrated.cn n.com/2005/soccer/04/12/champions.tuesday/index.html?cnn=yes
Angry fans throw flares onto pitch
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/soccer/04/12/champions.tuesday/p1_dida.jpg
AC Milan goalkeeper Dida is attended to after being struck by a flare in Tuesday's match.
MILAN, Italy (Reuters) -- The Champions League quarterfinal between Inter Milan and city rivals AC Milan was abandoned after 73 minutes on Tuesday after Milan keeper Dida was struck by one of dozens of flares thrown down from the stands.
German referee Markus Merk took the players off the pitch at the San Siro stadium after Inter fans began hurling plastic bottles and then over 30 flares on to the penalty area below them after a header by Esteban Cambiasso was disallowed.
Dida received medical treatment to his shoulder while Inter players urged their fans to stop hurling objects on to the pitch.
The goal frame disappeared in clouds of smoke as flares continued to be rained down and burn on the pitch.
The players came back on to the field after 25 minutes but Merk took them off again after just 30 seconds play and abandoned the game when more flares came raining down with no sign of intervention from the police.
Milan was leading 1-0 thanks to a first-half goal from Andriy Shevchenko, which had put it 3-0 up on aggregate after it won last week's first-leg 2-0 at the San Siro stadium the two clubs share.
UEFA's website reported that "referee Merk will now submit his report to the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body, who will deal with the case."
Source: http://sportsillustrated.cn n.com/2005/soccer/04/12/champions.tuesday/index.html?cnn=yes