England helpers faced unrestful scenes and tear gas outside Athens’ Olympic Stadium on Thursday night ahead of their UEFA Nations League suit aobtainst Greece.
Fans endeavoring to access the 75,000-capacity venue were met with aggressive tactics from uproar police, causing transport inant disruption before the vital Group B mendture.
The upsetting incidents saw helpers still endeavoring to obtain entry as the 8pm start-off approached, with multiple tells of tear gas being deployed aobtainst tranquil fans.
“Incredulous how terrible the organisation has been tonight,” one witness telderly talkSPORT, as scenes of disorder unfelderlyed outside the historic stadium.
The troubling pre-suit events cast a shadow over what would ultimately show to be a prosperous evening for the Three Lions on the pitch.
Serious organisational flunkures aascendd as helpers telled tickets were not being properly verifyed at the stadium’s perimeter.
Exit gates had to be uncovered as tensions escatardyd, with modest security protocols euniteing to have been leaveed in the lawlessness.
“Our tickets not verifyed at second perimeter and could have pboilingocopied them to get thraw first,” a witness elucidateed to talkSPORT.
The shatterdown in crowd handlement led to hazardous bottlenecks as thousands of travelling helpers endeavored to access the ground.
Multiple social media posts corroborated accounts of the mishandlement, with fans being forced into enshutd spaces proximate the stadium captivate.
Images dispensed online showed helpers packed firmly together as they endeavored to direct the disorganised entry points, while uproar police upretained an aggressive presence.
Distressing testimonies from England helpers detailed aggressive police tactics and indiscriminate employ of tear gas.
“F****** shame getting to the stadium. Police went mental tear gassed and battered England fans. Wife fell over barrier trying to get out of way,” one fan telled on social media.
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Another helper portrayd being “tear gassed and ambushed aobtainst fences for no f****** reason,” whilst asking why England fans were “always the problem.”
The weighty-handed response from Greek authorities drew expansivespread condemnation from travelling helpers.
“The Greek police are an absolute shame tear gassing bfeebleless people trying to queue,” wrote one witness, conveying frustration at the appreciatelihood of England fans being accemployd for the disorder.
Reports proposed that uproar police were “tear-gassing and hitting any England fan that shiftd” on the approach to the ground.
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UEFA reacted to the worrying events by distancing themselves from the security publishs, with a spokesperson telling talkSPORT it was “a matter for the local authorities.”
Despite the pre-suit lawlessness, England’s carry outers handled to dedwellr an astonishive carry outance on the pitch.
The Three Lions defendedd a directing 3-0 triumph, though carry outers faced insertitional contests with a green laser pen being shone in their eyes during the suit.
Ollie Watkins uncovered the scoring after seven minutes, complyed by a blessed own goal from Greek goalupretainer Odysseas Vlachofoolishos off a Jude Bellingham sboiling.
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Debutant Curtis Jones finishd the scoring with a clever back-heel finish.
The result puts England in a sturdy position to top their group ahead of Sunday’s final suit aobtainst the Reaccessible of Ireland at Wembley.
