Footage of travelling Celtic supporters being ‘dealt with’ by police in Spain has emerged online, ahead of the Hoops’ meeting with Valencia tonight.
Celtic 0-2 Valencia
Brendan Rodgers’ men are set for the second-leg of their Europa League round-of-32 tie at the Mestalla later today.
The Scottish champions have a monumental task at hand to secure their place in the tournament’s last-16, having fallen to a 2-0 defeat in the tie’s reverse fixture in Parkhead last week.
Despite Celtic having dominated possession in Glasgow, the class of Valencia eventually told, with strikes from Denis Cheryshev and Ruben Sobrino either side of half-time having seen the visitors emerge with a relatively-straightforward win.
It was the Denis Cheryshev show.
The Russian broke the deadlock for Valencia away at Celtic – AND provided a glorious assist – while a former #ALeague target was far from impressive…#OptusSport #UEL pic.twitter.com/touhwPYP67
— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) February 14, 2019
Celtic fans beaten
Despite their side’s slim chances of progression, though, droves of Celtic’s loyal fans have nevertheless made the trip to Spain to watch the Scottish giants in action tonight.
However, after taking to the streets of Valencia last night, large sections of the Bhoys’ faithful came in for a dose of harsh treatment on the part of the local authorities.
As showcased in the videos below, the Valencia police force, for the most-part unprovoked, beat fans with batons, floored others and created an altogether tense atmosphere ahead of this evening’s matchup at the Mestalla:
Spanish police doing there best to keep everyone safe absolute joke 😑
right now in spain valencia 👊
ACAB #football #sport #EuropaLeague #ultras #fight #hooligans #cfc #ValenciaCF #valenciaceltic #celtic #celticfans #CelticFC #greenbrigade #coybig #Irland #AtletiJuve #ATMJUV pic.twitter.com/n7G4tpszqC— Ultras life (@ultras_life0) February 21, 2019
Once again Spanish police looking to maintain Celtic fans safety by battering their with batons for no reason… This happens to often with British fans 😡
Credit @Scotttobin92 pic.twitter.com/JWg64cCiUG
— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) February 21, 2019
@Record_Sport this is the scenes by Spanish national police, I am. Walking away saying I am going I am going and they still attacked me, they hit me 5 times all in, my nephew saw what was happening Nd they hit him in the head and arm, one police offer booted a celtic fan at end pic.twitter.com/DPw8XKkmeh
— Smudger (@Smudger68312596) February 21, 2019
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