Champions League - Upset United fan kills four

Eurosport - Thu, 28 May 21:38:00 2009

A Manchester United fan in Nigeria killed four people when he drove his minibus into a crowd of Barcelona supporters after his team lost the Champions League final.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Champions League final Barcelona-Man United Rome - 0

The crowd in the town of Ogbo were celebrating Barcelona's victory after the match when the bus drove into them. A police spokeswoman said 10 people were injured and the driver was arrested.

"The driver had passed the crowd then made a U-turn and ran into them," she said.

Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in what was hailed as a dream final between two of Europe's best clubs. Both teams have large fan bases in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation.

Reuters

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  1. This is pure stupidity. We kill each other for European­ clubsides that dont even know wether we exist while our­ own league is neglected. I am a Chelsea fan and I would­ never kill anyone on Chelseas behalf.

    From wiztonero, on Wed 17 Jun 3:59PM
  2. How retarded you can be these United fans.

    Football is­ not always about winning although it is sad when your­ team lose, but to murder someone because of that, then­ you need your brains examined.

    Did United think Barca­ were going to bulldozed? No way.

    When we played Barca,­ we took the lead, but unfortunately lost the match, but­ we didn't go to that extent of killing­ someone.

    These football fans need to grow up, because­ it is only and only a game.

    From peasah2005, on Wed 10 Jun 3:53PM
  3. If you wanna know peace and experience it in all­ material respects Why don,t you
    juss take a tour to­ Zimbabwe. Even the disgrantled Zimbabweans who are so­ angry coz
    of their stupid president will give you a­ smile that stretches all the way from one
    ear to the­ other. The Man U fans in Zim are, as i speak, helping­ the Barca Fans there
    in their celebrations Not some­ stupid thing that I hear has happened in Nigeria oooo.
    ­ Why didn't this Nigerian fella go to Zim and drove­ into Mugabe's corrugated iron
    house at night? He­ could have improved peace levels in Zim to 100% (From­ my
    understanding Mugabe is a big Barca fan).
    May­ their innocent souls rest in eternal peace.

    From me.lamola, on Sun 31 May 4:53PM
  4. In Nigeria, European clubsides have their huge fan­ base. Its such a pity that our local league is dying­ while we jeer and cheer European teams. Its also a­ shame that innocent lives have to be lost in such­ tragic waste. I am a Nigerian, residing in Edo State­ (Benin City), and I would never think of such a thing­ not to talk of doing it. We should try to encourage our­ local teams like Bendel Insurance, Warri Wolves,­ Plateau United, Bayelsa United, Sharks FC, Dolphins FC,­ etc instead of making jest of them in translating such­ into a shameful attitude.

    From Bond007, on Sat 30 May 5:48PM
  5. That is Nonsense, I am Arsenal Fan I would never Kill­ anyone from Nigeria, Man Utd Fans most of them are Ma d­ and non sense

    From Abba Mai Adda, on Sat 30 May 1:03PM
  6. STEPHEN H i'm a Manchester United fan, but what­ i've got to tell you is that Nigeria isn't a­ 3rd world country. Violence in Asia, South Africa and­ even sometimes in USA is more than that found in­ Nigeria, so mind what you write. Thank you!!

    From Koolgoody, on Sat 30 May 12:56PM
  7. Elivis P what cloud you living on,daddy been reading­ you nursery rhymes again

    From LES, on Sat 30 May 12:44PM
  8. All ur comments about United fans totally unfounded­ some one died in a 3rd world country where violence is­ an everyday occurrence, United/Football just an excuse

    From STEPHEN H, on Sat 30 May 11:02AM
  9. Fu*king looser

    From kepala butuh, on Sat 30 May 10:03AM
  10. Man U is not a CLUB?

    From FRANCIS, on Sat 30 May 1:54AM
  11. THIS SHOWS HOW JEALOUS,WICKED,SELF-CENTERED AND GREEDY­ Man U Fans are why did he kill other people that was­ celebrating instead of killing himself a hundred times!­ Man u are HOLIGANS! Why????

    From FRANCIS, on Sat 30 May 1:43AM
  12. THIS SHOWS HOW JEALOUS,WICKED,SELF-CENTERED AND GREEDY­ Man U Fans are why did he kill other people that was­ celebrating instead of killing himself a hundred times!­ Man u are HOLIGANS! Why????

    From FRANCIS, on Sat 30 May 1:42AM
  13. THIS SHOWS HOW JEALOUS,WICKED,SELF-CENTERED AND GREEDY­ Man U Fans are why did he kill other people that was­ celebrating instead of killing himself a hundred times!­ Man u are HOLIGANS! Why????

    From FRANCIS, on Sat 30 May 1:40AM
  14. and didn't manc fans somewhere in africa hanged an­ arsenal fan?

    From go, on Fri 29 May 8:30PM
  15. this is what happens when football becomes business.­ why do nigerians celebrate or lose their minds when an­ english team wins or loses? talk about people out of­ their minds. I guess the world is overpopulated so­ nature would take anything at this point.

    From go, on Fri 29 May 8:29PM
  16. that is stupid behaviour!!!!!!!!!! wtf was he thinking­ it is really sad!

    its these man utd fans.....THEY DO­ NOT GET IT

    From gunners4 lyfe:), on Fri 29 May 7:49PM
  17. f***** idiot tea im a man utd supporter and i was upset­ when we lost but he is not a real supporter a real­ supporter takes it on the chin and is proud of what the­ team achived this year he is a disgrace to the people­ of nigeria and the rest of the man utd suppoters

    From John O, on Fri 29 May 7:41PM
  18. if the story is true, it is a pity for both the dead­ and the captive. i would not trade my freedom for­ anything at all. celebrations need be done with all­ modesty, defeat need not blind one. the suspect had­ already lost his freedom for fanaticism. there are­ still matches to be won by man-u.

    From ogunorunsanya, on Fri 29 May 6:11PM
  19. What a tragic story, what a waste of innocent life, and­ for what? Quite frankly questions like weather Messi or­ Ronaldo is better, weather the Premiership is better or­ worse than La Ligue pale into insignificance compared­ to this. How tragic that somebody should be so­ disturbed as to commit an act like this because of a­ FOOTBALL MATCH?

    From phil.robinson46, on Fri 29 May 5:44PM
  20. hanuman340 #153 "this prove mu fans are­ idiots" I don't know if you go to college but­ if you do you'll realise that one incident cannot­ be generalised to the millions of mu supporters around­ the world, unless you're one of those blinded by­ hatred to mu or for that matter to any other teams­ apart from your supported team. This blog has bred­ hatred across the globe instead of bringing us­ together. We should be able to discuss football as­ civilised people. But then again civilisation may not­ be in some people's mind. In the past I could­ easily spend an evening with friends who support other­ teams with the worst possible consequence of losing a­ few quids for buying a drink or two if your team lost.­ Now the bantering is eerily scary not to mention­ vulgarity. Oh for the good old days when football was a­ game to be enjoyed.

    From cokrowinoto, on Fri 29 May 4:20PM
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