Soccer’s three worst stadium tragedies occurred over a 60-year span but are so strikingly similar that its clear lessons haven’t been learned.
Some Arema supporters rushed the field in anger at their team’s loss. Yet, major soccer tragedies have almost always been caused, experts say, by a heavy-handed overreaction by police and poor stadium safety. Firing tear gas in enclosed stadiums is universally condemned by security experts. Locking exits goes against all safety regulations.
Montague found a passion for soccer that matches, even outstrips, the game's leading countries. He said he also found"largely decrepit" stadiums, corruption and mismanagement everywhere and the kind of police that would “smash me in the face with a baton just because I’m standing there watching a football match."
Hillsborough led to sweeping reforms in English soccer, making stadiums safer and demanding police change.have laid charges against six peopleBut a lack of ultimate accountability — “the state closes ranks,” Montague said — has also been a repeat feature. “It is all down to the organized culture of the police,” said Ronan Evain, executive director of Football Supporters Europe, a group that represents fans’ interests.
Only days after last weekend's tragedy, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at soccer fans outside a stadium in Argentina and one person died in the chaos.
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