Jakarta Has Some Fiery Soccer Fans
By Wyatt Earp | November 24, 2011
It’s no secret that soccer is much more popular overseas than it is in America. Soccer fans in other countries are like Eagles fans: ignorant and violent.
So naturally, the lack of tickets to a Southeast Asian tournament would angry up the blood. To wit:
Success-starved Indonesia soccer fans, desperate to watch the final of a regional tournament against rivals Malaysia, set a ticket booth on fire at the national stadium in Jakarta ahead of the game Monday.
Police doused the flames and fired warning shots in the air, scattering a crowd of thousands of supporters who were unable to get into the Bung Karno stadium, with a capacity of 88,000, after tickets quickly sold out.
Bung Karno? I’ll bet that stadium smells like ass.
Topics: Soccer | 4 Comments »
November 24th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
I’ll still take hockey…….
Most of the fights are on the ice………
November 24th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Saya tikdak akan kembali indonesia.
Never again. Spent a decade there one year. Learned the language, and as a result caught some conversations the locals did not expect me to understand. “Moderate muslims” they are not.
November 25th, 2011 at 8:28 am
“Soccer fans in other countries are like Eagles fans: ignorant and violent.”
More like OSU students. I don’t think there’s been a game where they haven’t at least had minor looting afterwards.
November 25th, 2011 at 10:35 am
LDIV – And once in a while, spilling into the stands.
Robert B. – I heard that’s the case, and that they are not tolerant of “infidels.”
Ranba – Well, they’re “entitled.”