Dylan Bettencourt
Ingxabano phakathi kwabalandeli be-Liverpool namaphoyisa ase-France ngaphambi kokuthi umdlalo uqale iphazamise ubusuku obukhulu kunabo bonke ebholeni lase-Europe.
Ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha ngaphandle kwenkundla yezemidlalo i-Stade de France e-Paris kuholele ekutheni umdlalo ubambezeleke ngemizuzu engu-36.
Izihlalo eziningi zisale zingenalutho ngesikhathi abalandeli be-Liverpool bezabalaza ukungena enkundleni ngenxa yokuminyana okuholele ekutheni amaphoyisa afake isisi esikhalisa unyembezi aphinde asebenzisa ne-pepper spray.
Ividiyo yesigameko esenzeke ngaphandle kwenkundla izwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuhlela kwe-Uefa umcimbi omkhulu ofana nowamanqamu.
I-Uefa ithe ngemuva komdlalo abalandeli be-Liverpool “abathenge amathikithi omgunyathi angasebenzi” yibona abanecala ngezigameko ezingezinhle ezenzekile.
I-Liverpool iphendule ngokuthi iqembu liphoxeke kakhulu ngokuziphatha kwabalandeli beqembu labo.
“Abalandeli akumele babone lezi zigigaba esizibonile. Sicele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi kwenziwe uphenyo ngembangela yalezi zinkinga ezingamukelekile,” kusho i-Liverpool esitatimendeni.
Izinkinga zezokuphepha ezibekhona ziqubuke kusasele amahora amabili ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale umdlalo ngesikhathi izikhulu ze-Uefa ziqala ukuhlola amathikithi omdlalo nokudale ukuthi kube nesiminyaminya.
Ukuhlolisiswa kwamathikithi ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale umdlalo kwenze umqondo uma kucatshangwa ngesiphithiphithi sakamuva ngabalandeli bebhola laseNgilandi emayelana namathikithi osuku lokudlala owamanqamu we-Euro 2020, kodwa kwangasebenza kahle.
Ngemuva kokuthi isimo sibe yingozi kakhulu, kuhoxiswe inqubo yokuhlolwa kwamathikithi kanti lokho kwenze ukuthi abalandeli bangene emasangweni.
I-Uefa ikuqinisekisile ukuthi kusetshenziswe isisi esikhalisa unyembezi kanye ne-pepper spray ukuhlakaza abalandeli kanti isigungu esilawulayo sixolisile.
“Njengoba abantu bebeqhubeka ukuba baningi ngaphandle kwenkundla, amaphoyisa abahlakaze ngesisi esikhalisa unyembezi abaphoqa ukuba basuke enkundleni,” kusho i-Uefa esitatimendeni.
“I-Uefa iyazwelana nalabo abathintwe yilezi zigameko futhi izophinde ibuyekeze lezi zindaba ngokushesha namaphoyisa ase-France kanye neziphathimandla, ze-French Football Federation.”
Lesi sigameko siphinde safaka elinye ihlazo kwi-Uefa kulandela umdlalo wamanqamu we-Euro wango-2020 ngesikhathi izinkulungwane zabalandeli bezama ukungena enkundleni ngaphandle kwamathikithi, nokwadala ukuthi kube ngengxabano phakathi kwabalandeli nabezomthetho.
Umdlalo wamanqamu we-Europa League uphinde wangcoliswa ukushoda kwabadlali enkundleni nokunqamuka kwamanzi enkundleni nasezindlini zokugezela ngaphambi kokuthi umdlalo uqale kanti izinga lokushisa beliku-30 °C.
Umthombo wesithombe: @NBCNews