(31 Mar 2001)
1. Wide shot Luzhniki stadium in Moscow during Spartak-CSKA soccer match
1. Various wides of flares being thrown
2. Mid shot crowdds scuffling and throwing seats at each other
3. Flare in cowd
4. Play cotinues
5. Crowd surgibg forward _WS
6. People throwing seats at each other
7. Wide shot crowds throwing seats
8. Police climbing up empty area of seating
9. Seats cascading sdown
10. People walking up seating
11.Pan across to smoke in crowd
12. Pull out from chanting and celebrating area of crowd to wide shot
STORYLINE:
Russian Soccer League match between Moscow sides Spartak and CSKA turned into a massive fight between fans and police on the terraces of the Luzhniki stadium.
One of the Europe's biggest stadium that seats up to 85,000, turned into a battleground between groups of young clubs' "supporters" and police force that tried to quell rowdy fans. Hundreds of stadium seats were torn resulting in tens of thousands dollars damage.
At least 12 people were hospitalized, fans and police alike, and hundreds of arrests were made during and after the match.
Both CSKA and, especially, Spartak fans are known for their propensity for violence. Earlier on Saturday hundreds of CSKA and Spartak fans paticipated in hit-and-run battles through the city, both between members of two rival gangs and police.
Troubles at the terraces of Luzhniki have started when police tried to stop the fans from firing flares at the pitch.
The Spartak - CSKA game itself was never interrupted despite the fighting and the match ended in1:0 victory for Spartak.
Russia is the recent years experiences an upsurge in football-related violence that authorities seem to be unable to deal with.
Nearly every tour of the Russian Soccer League competitions brings the news of violence around the pitch but "the battle at Luzhniki" on Saturday appears to be the biggest one in years.
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