UEFA speaks out against the violence at the Aston Villa...

UEFA speaks out against the violence at the Aston Villa vs. Legia Warsaw match

Before the visiting fans were scheduled to enter for Thursday’s group game,

they were detained at the coach park close to the stadium, when missiles were hurled at the police.

Four officers were hurt, according to West Midlands Police, and while the match began on schedule,

no Legia supporters were permitted entry to the stadium before to kickoff.

“UEFA strongly condemns the unacceptable violence which occurred around the Aston Villa v Legia Warsaw match,”

the group stated. “UEFA is in the process of gathering all official reports from the game before deciding on potential next steps.”

Aston Villa Football Club confirmed in a statement of their own that no away fans were permitted into

Villa Park for this evening’s UEFA Europa Conference League match against

Legia Warsaw due to the large-scale chaos outside the stadium caused by visiting supporters.

This was on the recommendation of West Midlands Police.

announced on November 2 that due to the large-scale disturbances created by Legia fans against

AZ Alkmaar last month, the allocation of tickets for away fans for this match will be lowered to 1,002.

During that disturbance, several Dutch police officers suffered injuries. Consequently,

Legia fans were prohibited by UEFA from traveling to Mostar for their match against HŠK Zrinjski.

The decision to ban all Legia supporters was decided by West Midlands Police

after organized and systematic violent conduct against police officers by Legia supporters

occurred around an hour before kickoff.

“Aston Villa would like to thank West Midlands Police for their professionalism in

very difficult circumstances and strongly condemn the behavior of those visiting supporters.”

Legia also released a statement in which it criticized Villa on

the match’s tickets situation and confirmed that Dariusz Mioduski,

the club’s owner and president, as well as its official delegation would not be present.

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