[Vision2020] So, You Think American Football Crowds Get Rowdy, huh?

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Washington Post at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/grenade-thrown-onto-field-at-asian-champions-league-soccer-match/2012/09/20/e35dfb26-0342-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html

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Grenade thrown onto field at Asian Champions League soccer match
From rioting to setting things ablaze, crazed soccer fans have committed countless dangerous acts in recent years. But this one may trump them all.  

Fans threw all kinds of objects onto the pitch at an Asian Champions League quarterfinal match between Sepahan FC (Iran) and al-Ahli SC (Saudi Arabia) in Iran, including, of all things, a live explosive.  

Watch as Sepahan midfielder Adel Kolahkaj (40) casually tosses the small explosive off the field as though it were a stray beanbag. But the instant it hits the ground, it blows up, sending the stunned players and officials running for cover. (Watch the video below.)    

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPVLJzeZ9i8
 
The match, which was briefly halted after the grenade went off, ended in a goalless draw. The account of the match on the Asian Football Confederation Web site makes no mention of the stoppage.

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Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
 
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