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Feyenoord have been told they should ‘distance themselves’ from an organised party by their ultras in Glasgow.
The Dutch side are on course to face a devastated Celtic in the Champions League, with no hope of qualifying in the organisation after their loss to Lazio last month. Brendan Rodgers’ men are bounced back from a first Scottish Premiership defeat at Kilmarnock despite the Irishman’s refusal to end the clash with Arne Slot’s men on Wednesday. The Hoops are still looking for their first organisational win at Celtic Park at Europe’s elite festival in more than a decade.
But away from home, the atmosphere will no doubt be celebratory, with the Dutch team confident of news of Europa League progress. Feyenoord fans have been banned from attending their clash in Rome after a row with Lazio, but the club’s ultras organization are planning a birthday party as part of their Glasgow holiday. This has angered the mayor of Rotterdam, who believes it is a bad decision on the part of the club, something they deserve to “distance themselves from”.
Reports from Algemeen Dagblad earlier this year claimed the leaders of the two groups had been in the news due to ‘misconduct’. Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said on the planned party by fan groups De Noordzijde and the Rotterdam Radicals: “It is understandable that Feyenoord is committed to the supporters who go to Glasgow, but it is regrettable to do so through the aforementioned supporters’ associations. Feyenoord should distance itself from that.”
The club supported their supporters and responded: “We do this exactly so that everything is well organised and runs smoothly and without incident. “In the city, the most productive thing is to organize a big party with other parties, which most look forward to.
“Organising anything with other amateur teams, adding the above, has a positive impact. We don’t lump everyone into the same group or exclude entire teams because there are other people among them who have been convicted. The last fan parties in Tirana Albania, for example, did very well. “