Leicester and Napoli fans engaged in violent scuffle in UEFA Europa League group stage match, throwing missiles at each other
On Thursday night Napoli went head to head against Leicester City in the UEFA Europa league to play their first match in the group stage. The match ended in a 2-2 draw after Osimhen came up with a late equaliser for Napoli following which fist fight broke out between the Leicester and Napoli fans in the King power stadium.
At the 93rd minute Ndidi received a second yellow card of the match and was sent off as he tried to stop Adam Ounas with a pull. This was the time when Napoli fans started to throw missiles at the home supporters which in turn began the scuffle.
Scuffle between the King Power Stadium Police and the Napoli fans
The Police and Stewards present in the field formed a barrier between the Napoli and the Leicester City fans to avoid any commotion and just as the match ended the Napoli fans broke into a fist fight with the Securities in an effort to move from the barrier and then further went on to engage in a fist fight with the Home supporters.
Many Police and Stewards came in between to break up the fight between the supporters and a tannoy announcement was made immediately which asked the Leicester fans to move out immediately from the stadium as they police tried to handle and take the situation under control.
Leicester City was in a comfortable lead of 2-0 with Perez and Barnes adding to score, untill the 69th when the Nigerian striker Osimhen came with back to back two goal to equalise the match and end the match in a 2-2 draw adding 1 point to each team on the table.
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