There were scandalous scenes in the Stockholm derby when there was about a quarter of the match left and Djurgården was 0-2 down.
Bangers and rockets were then thrown from Djurgården’s heel and the match was interrupted.
The subsequent match meeting went on for almost an hour and after that came word that the police had withdrawn the permit. This means that the audience must leave the arena.
– It is the police’s decision. I have not been involved in this before, said match delegate Hans Larsson in Max’s broadcast.
CLIP: Interview with Hammarby’s security officer Göran Rickmér after the chaos:
The teams went to their respective dressing rooms when the match was called off at 3.40pm.
Almost exactly two hours later, the announcement came that the match will not resume until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.
Many Hammarby supporters were still hanging in the stands as they refused to leave the arena. “We are going nowhere” was chanted in an earlier position from the stands.
Kim Hellberg worried
Hammarby’s coach Kim Hellberg was worried afterwards.
– That Swedish football chooses, and Djurgården thinks it’s okay to come back tomorrow, and finish the match, I think will be a mortal danger for Swedish football, he says in Max and continues:
– That Djurgården and those who decide in Swedish football think it is a good idea for us to lose our home advantage and for our fans to have to leave here is a very dangerous way to go.
Read about how the police explain their decision here.