Zenit St Petersburg Fans Supposedly Attacked by FC Spartak Moscow Fans

A group of people who claimed to be supporters of the rival team FC Spartak Moscow has attacked Zenit St. Petersburg supporters. The news reports (published in Russia Today) places the incident of the supposed attack within the border area of the Moscow and Tver Regions early this morning.

The police were called and a report was written detailing how three cars supposedly blocked the bus carrying the Zenit St. Petersburg supporters. The report continued in detail about how the people claiming to be FC Spartak Moscow supporters threw rocks at the bus.

The report also states that the alleged supporters of FC Spartak Moscow started to assault the Zenit supporters with baseball bats and bars made of metal. The perpetrators of this assault were arrested and charged with hooliganism, property damage and willful destruction.

The incident supposedly occurred in the wake of a match between Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Spartak Moscow. The match is to be held under police supervision at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow,

Balinfo News Agency interviewed Yuri Fedotov (Zenit St. Petersburg Security Director) and reported in Russia Today. Fedeotov confirmed that an attack happened but denied that the incident was a serious matter.

The two teams refused to allow the incident to mar the match. According to reports published in the blog Bettor.com, Vyacheslav Malafeev (Zenit.St.Petersburg goalkeeper) expressed that his team and himself are ready for the match against FC Spartak Moscow.

Nicolas Pareja (FC Spartak Moscow Center Back) responded that he was ready to extend the unbeaten record of his team in the Russian Premier League. I am willing to comment about this latest incident of hooliganism. 

Whether the attacks happened in one way or another is motive to talk about hooliganism. While hooliganism will not go away, it is very important that the people who love sports condemn this blight.

It is a shame that there are a few people who spoil the joys of others with hooliganism. I can remember (personally) that in some of the international football matches in the USA, people use their cell phones if there is any act of hooliganism.

I wander if there are other ways to condemn this blight in international football.