There were incredibly scary scenes just before the Euro 2020 game between France and Germany on Tuesday night as a Greenpeace protestor parachuted into the Allianz Arena Stadium and got caught in the spider cam.
In footage doing the rounds on social media, a fan was seen flying in the air before dropping at a frightening and dangerous speed and coming incredibly close to crashing into fans in the stands, With both sets of teams getting ready for kick-off, he eventually ended up on the pitch and was checked on by Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger.
The parachutist is believed to have been prepared on the roof and then slipped into the arena. On the way down, he got stuck in the wire that has the roof camera, lost control and was on his way out to hit the fans, before he landed on the plane and received medical treatment before being taken away by security personnel.
However, UEFA responded to the incident with a statement calling the activist’s actions “reckless and dangerous” and confirmed several people had been injured and were taken to hospital. It also said law authorities would take the “necessary action” against the activist.
“This inconsiderate act, which could have had very serious consequences for a huge number of people attending – caused injuries to several people attending the game who are now in hospital and law authorities will take the necessary action.” UEFA said in a statement.
“UEFA and its partners are fully committed to a sustainable EURO 2020 tournament and many initiatives have been implemented to offset carbon emissions. The staging of the match was fortunately not impacted by such a reckless and dangerous action, but several people were injured nonetheless.” they added.
