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44 Danish hooligans charged over football violence

The violent clashes that broke out between fans of football rivals Brøndby and FC Copenhagen last month have now led to criminal charges against 44 men, Ritzau reported on Thursday.

Published: 28 September 2017 15:14 CEST
44 Danish hooligans charged over football violence
Riot gear-clad police had to take the field during the incident. File photo: Claus Bech/Scanpix
The 44 hooligans are facing a combined total of 123 charges and there could be more to come. 
 
“That number could rise because we are not finished with the investigation,” Charlotte Skovby of the Copenhagen Vestegn Police told the news agency. 
 
Violent clashes between the rival fans flared up in the FC Copenhagen (FCK) section of Brøndby Stadium after Brøndby scored to take a 1-0 lead in the closing stages of the match, which they won by the same score.
 
 
Photos showed masked fans throwing objects, pushing fences onto police and engaging in otherwise threatening behaviour towards the riot gear-clad police on duty inside the stadium.
 
FC Copenhagen manager Ståle Solbakken told DR immediately following the incident that he hoped those responsible would be banned for life.
 
“It is terrible for everyone, first and foremost for FCK, and we must do everything to make sure those responsible are found and never enter a football stadium again,” he said.
 
Fans of the two teams also clashed violently after ith fan violence after May's Danish cup final in an incident that was described at the time as the worst of its kind in Denmark since 2000.

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‘I’m fine — under the circumstances’: Collapsed Danish striker tweets from hospital

Christian Eriksen, the Danish football player who collapsed on the pitch in his country's opening Euro 2020 game, said that he was doing "fine" in an Instagram post from hospital on Tuesday.

Published: 15 June 2021 10:50 CEST
'I’m fine — under the circumstances': Collapsed Danish striker tweets from hospital
Danish striker Christian Eriksen tweeted a picture of himself in hospital. Photo: DBU

“I’m fine — under the circumstances, I still have to go through some examinations at the hospital, but I feel okay,” he wrote in a post accompanying a photo of him smiling and giving a thumbs-up while lying in bed.

In a scene that shocked the sporting world and beyond, the 29-year-old Inter Milan midfielder suddenly collapsed on the field in the 43rd minute of Denmark’s Group B game on Saturday against Finland in Copenhagen.

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Medical personnel administered CPR as he lay motionless on the field for about 15 minutes before being carried off the pitch and rushed to hospital. He was later confirmed to have suffered cardiac arrest.

“Big thanks for your sweet and amazing greetings and messages from all around the world. It means a lot to me and my family,” he wrote in Tuesday’s post. “Now, I will cheer on the boys on the Denmark team in the next matches. Play for all of Denmark.”

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