A soccer final in the Netherlands was a real barn burner … quite literally ’cause a fire broke out behind one of the goals throwing the match into chaos.
Feyenoord played NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch Cup Final Sunday — the championship match of a major knockout tournament in the Netherlands — when fans reportedly set off fireworks in the stadium … and a huge banner caught fire.
The plume of black smoke’s totally encasing the fans here … making it difficult even to see the ones in the middle while those on the sides seem to be waving for help.
The fire — reported to be relatively small — was apparently put out quickly by firefighters, and there are no reported injuries … but, check out the pic. Definitely, could’ve been worse.
BTW … sports conspiracy theorists can have a field day with this one — ’cause it was a Feyenoord banner that caught fire causing players to evacuate the field for about half an hour in the 55th minute.
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Unclear if their supporters actually started the fire — though some online are claiming they did — but, four minutes after play resumed Feyenoord scored the lone goal of the afternoon winning the match 1-0. Coincidence???
In any case, it’s Feyenoord’s 14th KNVB Dutch Cup victory … and, ya gotta think their fans are pretty fired up about it!!!
