Shocking scenes as fuming fans attack own stadium, riot police charge mob

The ‘Klassieker’ between bitter rivals Ajax and Feyenoord was abandoned Sunday after fans lobbed flares on the pitch in Amsterdam, with violence later erupting outside the stadium in the latest unrest to blight Dutch football.

Feyenoord had taken a 3-0 first-half lead at the Johan Cruyff Arena, sparking ugly scenes from the hardcore supporters of Ajax, who are suffering one of the worst crises in their storied 123-year history.

The unrest spilt out of the stadium, as furious Ajax fans smashed into the main entrance, prompting riot police on horseback to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd.

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The clashes were the latest in a string of violent incidents to plague Dutch football that have prompted soul-searching within the game and from politicians across the spectrum.

“If you go to a football game you also want to go with your family and you can’t go here with your family because there’s always violence,” Bryan Buffing, a communication advisor for a translation company, told AFP.

“We have a real, real big issue in the Netherlands,” said the 32-year-old.

Sunday’s match had already been suspended twice during the first half, once for flares on pitch, the other time after a cup was lobbed from the stands.

A double from Santiago Gimenez and one from Igor Paixao had given the team from Rotterdam a comfortable first-half lead.

With 55 minutes on the clock, TV images showed