Burnley fan stabbed in Athens ahead of Olympiakos defeat

The BBC reported that 23 Burnley fans were arrested for being drunk and disorderly. The club said the majority of their 900 travelling supporters were "impeccably behaved".

Burnley fan stabbed in Athens ahead of Olympiakos defeat

(Reuters)





"However, five of our supporters were unfortunately injured - including a person who received a stab wound to the leg - and received medical attention at the stadium," Burnley said.

"Those injured all travelled independently to the stadium, outside the organised travel operation."

The defeat was Burnley's first of the Europa qualifying campaign. Chris Wood's first-half penalty cancelled out Kostas Fortounis' opener before Andreas Bouchalakis put the hosts ahead after the break and Fortounis scored his second.









(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)


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