After the match between Legia Warszawa in Alkmaar and the local AZ, two legionnaires – Josue and Radovan Pankov – were arrested by the police. They were taken off the bus and taken to the police station.
According to industry websites Legia.Net and legionowcy.com, Radovan Pankov and Josue were arrested by Dutch police after the match and taken to the police.
Legia Warszawa players arrested
How did the whole situation go? After the press conference with coach Kosta Runjaic and AZ Alkmaar coach Pascal Jansen, the Legia Warszawa players left the stadium and went to the bus. When most of the players were already in the vehicle, someone decided to close the facility – reports Legia.Net.
The portal legionowcy.com reports that the players and staff, together with the club’s authorities, wanted to leave the complex, but were blocked by security and police. Subsequently, there were skirmishes and the Dutch security services did not shy away from using aggression against the players, staff members and even the president and owner of Legia, Dariusz Mioduski, the portal said.
“As a result, two Legia players – captain Josue and defender Radovan Pankov – were pulled off the bus for no known reason, arrested by the police and taken to the police station in a police car. The police issued an ultimatum: either the selected two players leave the bus, or the bus is stormed and everyone is taken out. The players were also followed by a taxi to the police station by Legia coach Kosta Runjaić, team manager Konrad Paśniewski and a lawyer affiliated with the club,” legionowcy.com reports.
What happened?
Sports journalists who flew to the Netherlands for the Legia match commented on the situation on social media. They point out that the Dutch have “crossed all boundaries” in this situation.
“At one point, literally from one second to the next, the security of the stadium in Alkmaar decided to close the facility and not let anyone out anymore. At that moment, part of the team was on the bus, others went along. Not everyone made it And that’s where it started. Reason for closure? Legia fans, who had tried to steal their flags before the match, were released from the away sector, which was on the opposite side. It was believed that their departure posed a threat to others, so an idiotic decision was made to close the facility. This was the cause of a fight that escalated. unprecedented proportions. Josue and Pankow are taken off the bus, rude and truly brutal behavior by the Dutch police and security. A fight like I’ve never seen before, football players in the police station. This time there is no doubt that the responsibility for everything lies with the hosts, the organizers, the local police and protection, whose behavior crossed all boundaries. Also to President Mioduski, the players and coaches who suffered,” Robert Błoński, journalist from Przegląd Sportowy, wrote on Twitter.
Jabłoński: We explain the situation
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński commented on the issue.
“We explain the situation regarding events in Alkmaar and elsewhere in the Netherlands. Our consuls already provided overnight support to the club and its employees. Due to the nationality of the two detained players, we have also provided appropriate information to the consuls of Portugal and Serbia.
“In particular, we analyze whether the Dutch police and employees of the club AZ Alkmaar broke the law against Polish citizens and employees of Legia Warszawa – because of their nationality or use of the Polish language.”
“We ask all our citizens against whom inappropriate actions by the services have taken place (e.g. arbitrary detentions, searches without reason, movement problems caused by, among other things, the use of the Polish language) to contact the consular department of the embassy of the Republic of Poland in The Hague or the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw,” we read in the announcement on
Source: Do Rzeczy
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