Before the start of the match between Fredrikstad Fotballklubb and Sarpsborg 08, a fight broke out between the supporters. Pyros and buckets were also thrown. – There is a high consumption of alcohol, which puts some extra tests on the police, says task leader in the East police district, Svein Roger Lunde to news. Operations leader in the East police district, Svein Roger Lunde. Photo: Tomas Berger / news The match between the Østfold clubs was played on Saturday at 20:00. The last time the teams met, flares were thrown onto the field, and the police refer to the match as a high-risk match. The police will now engage in dialogue with the Norwegian Football Association (NFF) and the football clubs to prevent a repeat. – That a risk match is set up on Saturday evening at 20:00, it’s basically a challenge. We will enter into dialogue to see if we can solve it in another way. To get such a match at an earlier time, says Lunde. Chaos and tear gas outside the stadium before the local match between Sarpsborg 08 and Fredrikstad. Several people were hit in the face and on the body. Some threw buckets and pyro at each other. The police used tear gas to separate the supporters. – We wanted to have as low a signature as possible on the part of the police. We considered it to be a danger to third parties, and then we choose to go in and use gas to be able to disperse the crowd, says Lunde. Competition director Nils Fisketjønn in the Norwegian Football Association. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) also announces an evaluation of the Østfold settlement together with the clubs and the authorities. – If these settlements in the future are set for Saturday at 20:00 is too early to conclude, writes competition director Nils Fisketjønn in an e-mail to news. He believes that what happened before the match is undesirable. – Unfortunately, we saw scenes that we do not want to see in connection with football matches, he writes. – I think it’s sad Fredrikstad won the battle for Østfold with the score 1-0. Match winner Henrik Skogvold referred to the events before the match as “sad”. – I don’t know the extent, but it’s incredibly sad that it’s going to be like this anyway. It often happens like that when there are derbies, and it’s a shame that you can’t stop it. Match winner Henrik Skogvold thinks it is sad that there was a clash between both teams’ supporters before the match. Photo: NTB During the match, fireworks were set off and hit the ceiling of the stands. Several people were injured in connection with this. Among other things, two people who suffered injuries to the thigh and one child were injured. A total of 25 people received health care before and during the match. – The event was well planned and there was a nice setting around it. Then comes the illegal, and I think it’s sad that children experience being injured, says safety officer in Sarpsborg 08, Heidi Arneberg. Would like to move the match Sarpsborg 08 applied to be allowed to play the match on a Saturday – and not Sunday as it was originally set for. The reason was that the match was to become a public festival in the city. In the end, it was the Norwegian Football Association that chose to set the match for 20:00 on a Saturday night. Safety officer in Sarpsborg 08, Heidi Arneberg. Photo: Jan Kenneth Bråten – It is clear that it is challenging for us, but I deal with the time we have been given, and make the best of it, says Arneberg. Competition director in the NFF, Nils Fisketjønn, says they considered several times and weighed it against the other matches in the Eliteserien on the same day. – With three games on Saturday, it is usual to spread them out at three different times. In an overall assessment of the three matches that took place on Saturday, 20:00 was chosen for this match, he says. Wanted to prevent noise In the run-up to the match, the police had sent letters banning visitors to eight supporters, four from Sarpsborg and four from Fredrikstad. With this measure, they would try to prevent noise. The supporters were told that they were not allowed to be in the stadium or the surrounding areas between 16:00 and 24:00 on the day of the match. The police prosecutor said that the eight supporters have either been previously punished or have ongoing criminal cases involving violence. The cases stem, among other things, from the match between Sarpsborg 08 and Fredrikstad in April, which was also played on a Saturday night. In addition, some of the cases are from the match between Fredrikstad and Odd in August. There, an Odd supporter suffered a fractured face after being punched. In addition, several people were fined and banned after they threw flares from Sarpsborg’s stand onto the pitch. Sarpsborg 08 was fined NOK 120,000 after the flare throwing. Published 30.09.2024, at 20.37 Updated 30.09.2024, at 20.45
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