French autorities say that banning away fans for this match had little to do with the safety for Ajax fans but rather the safety for the Marseille fans. “Agressive behavior is something that is seen a lot with Ajax ultras, who mostly operate under the name ‘F-Side’. They are known as one of the most dangerous groups of Europe.”
In 2009 things already went wrong between the two clubs when Marseille and Ajax faced eachother in the UEFA cup. Ajax fans went with a big group of fans to Marseille. Ajax fans were then attacked by Marseille fans with bricks, sticks and iron bars. Ajax fans then chased Marseille fans until police showed up. In the return in Amsterdam Ajax fans held up a banner saying “We had joy we had fun, we had L’om on the run”.
I genuinely couldn’t imagine a more violent fixture in western europe, both sets of fans are absolute scum lol
Millwall, Lazio, Praha just to name a few.
Groningen vs Saint-Etienne
Groningen? 😅
Don’t take it personally Ajax bros, it’s the excuse used weeks in weeks out by our incompetent authorities to justify the ban on traveling fans. Infuriating but it really says more about Marseille and french authorities than it says about you.
What Marseille fans did to Lyon’s bus don’t make a strong case for them, but it has mostly been French authorities taking the easy route.
Instead of deploying and organizing themselves to secure a safe environment for travelling fans, whoever they are, they just straight up ban them so it’s easier for them, don’t even need to bother.
And then when you have the UCL final, you have no clue how to manage fans.
Our fans haven’t been that violent in Europe recently, right?
They trashed our own stadium and forcefully suspended league games, but I can’t remember any outstanding act of violence abroad for at least a decade.
Tbh that isn’t 100% true, but yeah not that much. But the general consensus is Ajax=Dutch=Bad
Tbh in the long run it’s probably saved your fans getting beaten up by the French police for no reason
How about that Lyon bus?
bit ironic aint it considering how bad France is getting with hooliganism in their fan bases.
We are not angels, but a little bit self reflection is needed after they allowed Marseille fans to bombard the Lyon coach (injuring him), and teambus with stones.
It’s ok though, after investigating themselves, everyone concluded they did their job correctly.
The game will be (re-)played in Marseille as if nothing happened. No sanctions no blames. All good.
From the bottom of my heart. Fuck the French police.