Union beats Brugges fans upset by nazi salute

Lailuma Sadid
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Bruges(The Brussels Morning Newspaper): Union Saint-Gilloise beat Club Brugge 2-1 in the Super Cup exciting their fans. However, tensions rose when a Club Brugge fan made a Nazi salute leading to an investigation.

Union Saint-Gilloise beat Club Brugge 1-2 in the Supercup match on Saturday night. It was a big deal because Union had just won the cup and now they faced the tough task of playing against the national champions. The game was super intense, but Union played amazingly and managed to win after a tough battle. The fans in Brussels went wild with joy after Union’s win over their rivals! The match showed how determined Union is, and it made the fans really proud and happy. They were over the moon with excitement about beating such a tough opponent.

What consequences will the club Brugge fan face for giving a nazi salute at the Union Saint-Gilloise matches?

During the Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge match some Union fans tried to tease the home crowd by talking about their links to Cercle Brugge a club that has a history of rivalry with Club Brugge. This teasing upset some Club Brugge fans making things tense in the stadium. They were seen doing a Nazi salute because they were upset by the teasing from Union fans. This made the situation even worse and got a lot of people upset.It has been said that it just goes to show how intense football rivalries can get and how things can quickly turn into unacceptable behavior.

The Bruges police’s football unit found the guy who did the Nazi salute at the Union Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge match. They’re getting ready to make a report under football rules so they can take administrative action. The report will then go to the Ministry of the Interior’s football unit for more steps to be taken. The Ministry of the Interior will check out the situation and decide what punishment to give. The person might get a fine or be banned from the stadium. This is to deal with and punish behavior like that, which is not okay in football.

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Lailuma Sadid is a former diplomat in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Embassy to the kingdom of Belgium, in charge of NATO. She attended the NATO Training courses and speakers for the events at NATO H-Q in Brussels, and also in Nederland, Germany, Estonia, and Azerbaijan. Sadid has is a former Political Reporter for Pajhwok News Agency, covering the London, Conference in 2006 and Lisbon summit in 2010.
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