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Feyenoord's Acuna hurt after attack by Ajax hooligans
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-04-16 11:02 Feyenoord midfielder Jorge
Acuna was taken to hospital with head, neck and rib injuries after players from
the Rotterdam side were attacked by hooligans from arch-rivals Ajax Amsterdam
after a reserve match on Thursday.
Feyenoord's official website said a large group of Ajax fans came on to the
pitch after the game at the Toekomst stadium and attacked Chilean international
Acuna and winger Robin van Persie, who was linked with a move to Arsenal during
January's transfer window.
"It was a complete chaos," said Feyenoord coach Mario Been, "my players laid
everywhere and they had to be saved by Ajax (reserve) coach John van't Schip and
(Ajax) player Daniel de Ridder."
Last Sunday Rotterdam police made 53 arrests during the Dutch first division
match between Feyenoord and Ajax which ended in a 1-1 draw.
There have been numerous violent clashes between supporters of the two sides
over the years. In March 1997 an Ajax fan died after an organised fight between
hundreds of Feyenoord and Ajax hooligans in a meadow near Beverwijk.
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