The Czech Cup final marred as riot police are overrun

The Czech Cup final was marred with ugly scenes of violence between supporters of Sparta Prague and Viktoria Plzen after fans rushed the pitch after the final whistle at the Doosan Arena.

After claiming the Czech First League championship before the final match of the season, Sparta swiped domestic cup honours during the testy 2-1 clash, completing the double for the first time in a decade.

The visitors took the lead late on through Sampson Dweh's own goal, but despite going a man down after Pavel Sulc's 85-minute red card, Plzen clawed their way onto the scoresheet via a late equaliser from Tomas Chory in the 87 minute.

But just four minutes later at the start of added time, Sparta broke their hosts' hearts when Veljko Birmancevic scored the eventual match-winning goal.

As per reports in Czechia, the match had been flagged by local police as a 'high-risk' and reinforced with strict security measures.

But after full-time - and the confirmation of Sparta's impressive double - fans from both clubs made their way onto the pitch.

Both Sparta and Plzen fans sported masks and hoods as they made their way across the turf and began fighting one another, with images from the night showing one picture of two fans in Plzen's red and blue beating up a prone travelling fan lying on the grass.

According to iSport, beer cups were hurled through the air as police dressed in riot gear began to encircle the groups of disorderly supporters and line the stands in an attempt to clear the field and see the winners announced.

'In view of the fact that the organising service failed to prevent the fans of both teams from entering the playing area, we had to enter the playing area in order to restore public order, mitigate the escalation and prevent