SHOCKING footage shows Benfica fans throwing flares during their Champions League exit earlier this week.
The Portuguese side drew 3-3 with the Italian side at San Siro last night.
Their late rally wasn’t enough to progress, having lost 2-0 on home soil last week.
Disgruntled Benfica fans lit flares at Inter’s historic San Siro home.
And in disturbing scenes, the flares could be seen being thrown down from the upper reaches of the stands, hurtling towards Inter Milan fans sat in the lower tier.
Italian reporter Tancredi Palmeri tweeted a video of the shocking scene.
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He wrote, all in capital letters: “The criminal moment when Benfica fans could have cause a tragedy by throwing several flares amongst fans!”
Supporters online were disgusted by the scene.
One blasted: “Benfica must be banned from European competitions.”
While a second called it: “Poor behaviour.”
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And a third wrote: “Hopefully @UEFA will punish them.”
Palmeri later shared a further clip, in which Inter fans could be seen mockingly flashing their phone torches at Benfica fans as their team sailed into the semi-finals.
Inter went 1-0 up on the night and 3-0 on aggregate via Nicolo Barella’s early goal.
Fredrik Aursnes scored for Benfica on 38 minutes, with Inter leading the tie 3-1 at half-time last night.
Further goals by Lautaro Martinez and Joaquin Correa made progression comfortable, before a late Benfica rally that saw Antonio Silva and Petar Musa pull goals back.
Inter will face city rivals AC Milan in next month’s semi-finals after their rivals beat Serie A leaders Napoli 2-1 on aggregate.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
