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German soccer coach injured in violence More soccer violence hit three German stadiums during second division games, leaving one coach hospitalized in another blow to the country 15 months before it hosts the World Cup.
Police arrested 25 people while two police officers and an unknown number of spectators were injured when several hundred violent fans fought with police and each other Friday night in Aue, Essen and Aachen. Stadiums and nearby gardens also were vandalized.
Energie Cottbus coach Petrik Sander collapsed on the field during his team's 2-0 loss in Aue after witnesses heard a loud explosion. He lay there for several minutes before being taken to the hospital. There was no immediate word of the extent of his injury.
Energie Cottbus president Dieter Krein said he will protest the game.
A week ago, German hooligans went on a rampage in Slovenia at an exhibition game. Slovenian police arrested 65 people, 45 from Germany, in the worse outbreak of German hooliganism since the 2000 European Championship. That mayhem led to 98 arrests.
The recent hooliganism has brought promises from German officials that violence will be held in check at the World Cup.
"To stop violence, the hooligans will be kept away from stadiums and the inner cities," Interior ministry Otto Schill said Saturday. "The federal and state governments will exhaust all legal possibilities."
About 600 hooligans are known to German authorities.
In Essen on Friday, hundreds of fans from the home club and visiting Dynamo Dresden fought and battled police outside of the stadium before the 2-1 win by Essen. Twenty were arrested and an unknown number injured.
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