Bulgaria-Hungari match, more than 50 injured

And this, despite the fight that went on without the viewer.

At least 33 police and 24 football fans were injured in the serious riots surrounding the European Championship qualifying match between Bulgaria and Hungary (2:2).

Bulgarian authorities told the AFP news agency Friday morning.

The game was previously classified as a high-risk <x0 game” and was played by closed doors.

According to police information, over 4,000 fans gathered in front of the National Stadium in Sofia, protesting with a loud voice against Bulgarian Football Federation President Borislav Mikhailov.

After fans threw smoke bombs, stones, and beer bottles at the police, violent clashes broke out. Police have been countering with water cannons.

“24 injured persons were examined, including seven who were taken to the hospital with head injuries, legs and broken arms and many of them sprayed with pepper”, a spokesperson for the AFP emergency centre said.

Some of the police officers “are seriously injured and are in hospital”, Stefan Ivanov, deputy head of the Sofia Police Department, said at a news conference.