Sexual assault, cocaine snorting: How ticketless followers ran wild at Wembley

On July 11 (Sunday), there was mayhem exterior the enduring Wembley Stadium earlier than and after England misplaced to Italy within the UEFA Euro 2020 last by way of penalties. The agitated soccer followers from England ran amok, hitting and racially abusing their Italian counterparts, stomping, spitting and attempting to burn down the Italian flag. Several movies and photos of the England followers creating pointless ruckus inside and outdoors the stadium, each earlier than and after the match have been broadly shared on numerous social media platforms.
Ticketless England followers breach safety limitations, storm previous disabled entrance door
OpIndia reported on July 12, how a number of followers from England tried to enter the stadium with out tickets. Even two hours earlier than the match started, the ticketless followers breached safety limitations, tussled with stewards to forcefully enter the stadium. As per experiences, as many as 40 frenzied England supporters stormed previous a disabled entrance door (D11) when it opened. Many supporters who had purchased tickets couldn’t get to their seats, as they have been already taken by these ticketless supporters.
England supporters trample on barricades exterior Wembley Stadium
“While I was there, while we were queuing up, a disabled gate at Wembley was opened up for a disabled person to go in, and it got rushed by about 40 people trying to get into the stadium without a ticket”, Irish TV presenter Laura Woods, current there was quoted as saying.
Player’s households sit on Wembley stadium steps as ticketless followers occupy their seats
A witness reported that followers have been preventing over seats and that some supporters with out tickets had ended up within the space that homes the gamers’ households. In truth, Andrea Mancini, the son of the Italian coach Roberto Mancini needed to sit on the steps to observe the sport as his seat was additionally captured.
Wembley employees face sexual assault, threats and racial abuse as they attempt to management the frenzied crowd
There have been experiences that quite a few stewards have been injured within the chaos and lots of have been subjected to racial abuse as they tried to regulate the gang. The stewards have been apparently instructed to flee to secure spots and finish their shifts sooner than deliberate as a result of it was thought-about harmful for them to return to their posts. A volunteer, who didn’t wish to be named mentioned, “I was positioned outside the front of the stadium. We had to literally run for cover — we were told to go inside Wembley Arena and they said: ‘We don’t know if you’re going to go back’, then 20 minutes later they said: ‘No it’s going to get worse,’ and it obviously did.” 
The volunteer added that her group was rushed to a secure spot shortly afterwards as followers began throwing missiles of beer cans and bollards into the crowds”.
According to a report by Mirror, a steward was threatened with a knife, whereas a girl fan was severely sexually assaulted in Wembly on July 11.
Fans overtly snort cocaine exterior Wembley stadium
Amidst all of the havoc, allegations of the Three Lions’ followers overtly snorting cocaine additionally surfaced. In an 11 second video, that was shared on Twitter, a fan may very well be seen climbing onto one thing and snorting coke whereas the gang beneath cheers every sniff as if it’s a purpose.
#ENG fan climbs onto one thing and begins snorting coke whereas the gang beneath cheers every sniff because it’s a purpose. The sport stays over an 1.5 hours away…Come on England (but additionally spare a thought for individuals who should cope with all this)#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/w07yb9dz8k— David Patrikarakos (@dpatrikarakos) July 11, 2021
Riot Police descended on Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square after the match as a whole bunch of soccer followers have been reportedly seen climbing onto avenue lamps and setting off flares. 
The England Fans Riots…#Euro2020Final pic.twitter.com/YMAyJrqymN— marumo_m (@marumommekwa) July 11, 2021
England gamers racially abused on social media
While England followers induced a riot-like scenario and riot police needed to step in to regulate them, the misbehaviour and irresponsible racial feedback discovered their manner on social media platforms as effectively.
Three English gamers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who’re of African descent and missed their penalties within the shootout, confronted the wrath of the England followers as they suffered racial abuse on platforms like Instagram and Twitter.
The violent behaviour of the English followers received them labelled because the bitter losers as netizens took screenshots of feedback and tweets in opposition to the three gamers of color and shamed the “fans” for throwing racial slurs and abuses. UK Prime Minister himself got here out in help of the gamers of color. He mentioned, “This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media. Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves.”
53 folks have been arrested in Wembley
Metropolitan police confirmed on Monday that 53 folks have been arrested in Wembley on match evening. A complete of 19 officers acquired accidents. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor mentioned: “The unacceptable scenes we saw were a small number of people intent on using the football as an excuse to behave appallingly towards other members of the public and officers”.
“The reports of online hate crime abuse are utterly abhorrent and totally unacceptable. We have launched a post-event investigation and will actively pursue and investigate offenders and criminal offences”, he added.