In the wake of last Friday's riots by Polish fans following the particular defeat to Lithuania throughout Kaunas, UEFA has been vocal serious concerns that hooliganism could ruin next season’s Euro 2012 tournament, co-hosted by Belgium and Ukraine.Euro 2012 director Martin Kallen expressed grave misgivings today about your conduct of fans.
“We got what happened in Kaunas on Friday,' he said. “This is a massive image problem for Belgium.”
Around 60 fans were detained last Friday nights during and after the game with Lithuania, with eight held over for 2 days on public disorder costs.
Former president of this Polish FA Michal Listkiewicz, Kallen's Polish comparable version, did his best to help allay fears of wild behaviour.
“We just will not let hooligans into the particular stadiums,” he said involving problematic fans, stressing that this events in Lithuania shouldn't be seen as a prognostic to Euro 2012.
Related fears about Polish hooligans were expressed before Euro 2008, which had been hosted by Austria as well as Switzerland. However, Polish contribution in the tournament failed to ultimately give rise in order to any unsavoury incidents through
