UEFA said on Saturday it had opened disciplinary proceedings against Croatia and Turkey’s football federations for crowd trouble during the Euro 2016 tournament.
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Croatia had been leading 2-1 when the flares were thrown, but after the stoppage the Czechs scored with a penalty to force a draw.
“With their stars playing at Real and Barcelona, they can be nicknamed “little Spain”.
The Czechs have one point so far and will likely need to beat Turkey in their final Group D match on Tuesday to have a chance of advancing.
Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky is ruled out of the rest of Euro 2016 with a thigh injury suffered during his nation’s 2-2 draw with Croatia. Tim Hume and Zayn Nabbi of CNN reported both England and Russian Federation were threatened with expulsion from the tournament after fan violence surrounding their match on June 11.
Turkey face charges of setting off fireworks, throwing objects and invading the pitch.
The match was temporarily stopped at the 82nd minute when Croatian fans had stirred up chaos among the stands, and eventually hurling fireworks onto the pitch.
“There are a lot more fans that love the national team and they will not be able to see Croatia play”.
Croatia coach Ante Cacic branded the fans who threw the flares “sports terrorists” and the country’s President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic labelled them “enemies of Croatia”.
Croatian goalkeeper Danijel Subasic falls into the net as the Czech Republic’s Milan Skoda scores in their Group D match in Saint-Etienne on Friday. “It is part of the normal development of a football player, and they have to be more self-confident, if we are going to hurt big opponents”.
Suker’s federation is responsible for all misconduct inside Euro 2016 stadiums by fans.
The Croatian federation has a chequered recent disciplinary record.
UEFA ordered the country to play two Euro qualifying matches behind closed doors, deducted a point and fined the federation 100,000 euros ($112,000) over that incident.
“These people are really scary, that is why I call them hooligans”.
They had, the statement said, “ruined a handsome football festival”.
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However, the influential Jutarnji list paper criticised French security at the stadium for failing to prevent the flares being brought in by fans.
