She has called for a special government session over the issue.
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The session could be held early next week.
“Disciplinary proceedings will be opened tomorrow once UEFA has received the official reports of the match delegate and referee”. The on-field flares mark the second time in the tournament Crotian fans have interrupted play and put their team at risk of penalization from the UEFA disciplinary board. Twenty Russian fans are to be expelled on Saturday.
De Bruyne, who played the full 90 minutes in Belgium’s loss to Italy, missed a training session this week, along with Eden Hazard, but both have been named in the starting lineup.
This is the second incident with a Croatian fan in the Euros.
The brawl erupted outside an Irish pub on June 11 where several hundred Northern Ireland fans had gathered ahead of their match against Poland the next day.
The Turkish Football Federation, meanwhile, has been charged with the setting off of fireworks, throwing of objects and field invasion after some of their fans caused trouble during Friday’s 3-0 defeat by Spain.
Croatia has had problems with fan violence for quite some time. UEFA is set to judge that case on July 21. The match was temporarily stopped when Croatian fans threw fireworks on the pitch, which injured a steward when a flare blew on his face.
In November 2014, Croatia’s qualifying match in Italy was halted for 10 minutes because flares were thrown on the pitch engulfing the Milan San Siro stadium in smoke.
It looked like a mindless act by a section of the Croatian supporters, but in fact, it turns out that it was a planned protest against the Croatian Football Federation and in particular Zdravko Mamic, the former chief executive of Dinamo Zagreb.
Croatia are already facing action over disturbances during their Group D opener against Turkey last Saturday – and they were also docked a point in their qualifying campaign after a swastika symbol was seen on their pitch.
Suker’s federation is responsible for all misconduct inside Euro 2016 stadiums by fans.
There were 8,000 Croatian fans in the Saint-Etienne stadium.
The trouble broke out in the dying minutes of a game that Croatia were leading 2-1. “If not, we will do all we can to get him ready for the game against Turkey”.
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Having largely dominated the game until the late interruption, Cacic believes his side, who also impressed against Turkey and were considered by some as outsiders to win the European Championship, are beginning to learn what they are capable of.
