Police stop Spanish championship match due to riots

The police decided to stop the match of the eighth round of the Spanish football championship between Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Bilbao due to unrest, according to the account of the Madrid club on the social network X.

The meeting took place in Madrid. According to As, from the 13th minute of the match, fans threw paper airplanes, rubber balls, and other objects from the stands onto the field. It is noted that the behavior of the home fans is associated with protests against the club president Raul Martin Presa.

Initially, referee Sanchez Martinez suspended the match and temporarily sent the players to the locker room to clear the field. After the match resumed, the fans continued to throw objects, which is why the game had to be completely abandoned with the score 0:0.