Football fans fight during game in Thailand

Published date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:26:48 +0700


This is the shocking moment passionate football fans had a mass brawl at an indoor pitch in Thailand.
The jeering sports fanatics came to blows when tempers to flare during the football finals in Chonburi province on September 11 evening.
Video shows the crazed fans appearing to gang up on one individual, sparking chaos as staff intervened.
One spectator, Atthakorn Chor-ngam, 38, claimed he had been cheering and shouting normally when supporters of the opposing team began screaming at him.
He said: 'Their team was trailing behind mine, so they were angry that I was cheering so enthusiastically. I told them to shut up since their team was losing.
'At the end of the first half of the match, I approached the players to give them encouragement. That's when around five fans rushed toward me and attacked me.'
Atthakorn said he was injured in the alleged assault. He filed a report with the police hoping to hold his suspected attackers accountable.
He added: 'Though supporting a sports team is important, fans and players must also learn to accept defeat. Sports are meant to build unity, not create enemies.'
The indoor pitch owner said the place had been rented for the football finals with a prize pool of 50,000 THB (1,145 GBP). He said he did not know what sparked the brawl.
(1 GBP = 43.7 THB)

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Chonburi, Thailand
11/09/2024
Asia Pacific Press
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Duration: 02:55
Rating: News safe
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