Sporting CP have just issued a statement condemning the incidents caused by the use of pyrotechnics in the game against Midtjylland in Denmark, which marked the Lions’ qualification (1-5 on aggregate) for the Europa League round of 16.
Sporting fans, as we reported, set fire to various artifacts at the MCH Arena, namely flashlights, torches and smoke bombs, as a result of which a child and a steward were injured.
“Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol SAD deeply regrets and condemns the fact that in today’s game against FC Midtjylland, a child and an ARD assistant were injured due to the misuse of UEFA-banned pyrotechnics,” begins with a reference to Sporting. , which is now under the sanctions of the body that oversees European football.
“After being treated on the spot, the child was taken to the hospital and ARD was treated in an ambulance at the stadium due to being hit on the head with a pot of tobacco. per month children were injured due to the inappropriate use of pyrotechnic materials,” continues the club from Alvalade, referring to the burns suffered by a 9-year-old child injured by a rain of torches thrown from the youth sector of Leonina, in the final of the Alliance Cup against Porto on 28th de Janeiro in Leiria (a dozen fans were helped by firefighters).
Sporting end the statement by saying that “it is of the utmost importance for Sport and for the majority of fans who travel to support their club, alone or with their family, that the authorities intervene decisively and urgently to the detriment of the fact that we will soon regret about more serious consequences. “The majority must feel secure in order to get their people to support theirs,” Greens and Whites conclude.