TILBURG, Netherlands (AP) _ Hooligans hurling seats and bottles
injured several stewards and police made 26 arrests Tuesday night
during rioting at an under-21 soccer international between the
Netherlands and Morocco.
Authorities in Tilburg, where the match was played, declared a
state of emergency, which allowed police to block supporters from
heading downtown after the match. Instead, most were put on buses
and taken directly to the city's rail station.
Henk Kesler, chief of the Dutch soccer association, said he would
not book any new matches between the Netherlands and Morocco and was
considering a five-year ban.
The stewards were slightly injured when Moroccan supporters threw
objects down from the stands, police said in a statement Wednesday.
The match, which Morocco won 2-0, had to be stopped twice in the
second half when Moroccan fans ran onto the pitch. After the final
whistle, dozens of supporters stormed the field.
``More than 100 officers were deployed to restore order,'' police
said in a statement.
