No end in sight: Anti-Hungarian shouting continue during Romania-Belarus match

The Romania-Belarus match at the National Arena in Bucharest on Tuesday night was not without nationalist and xenophobic shouting again, Gazeta Sporturilor reports. This is the second such instance in 3 days.

As we wrote yesterday, a similar instance happened on 25 March, during the Andorra-Romania football match. In the first minutes, members of the Romanian ultra-group “Uniti Sub Tricolor” started punching each other in the stands of the Andorran stadium, while chanting anti-Hungarian slogans.

This time, the fans were quiet until the second half of the game. According to Gazeta Sporturilor, members of the Uniti Sub Tricolor supporters group chanted anti-Hungarian slogans again.

According to the report, among other things, the text of the first article of Romania’s constitution, “Romania is a national, sovereign and independent, unitary and indivisible state” was held up on a banner. Then, a map of Greater Romania was displayed, and various slurs were used against Hungary and Hungarians. What is more, even a banner identifying historical Greater Hungary with Mongolia could be seen.

In addition, a brawl almost broke out within the group of supporters, but security managed to prevent it, the news portal says.

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