Desplat: Dynamo fans ‘tried to kill’ Guingamp fans

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UEFA has charged Dynamo Kyiv over crowd disorder during their match with Guingamp. (John Leicester/AP)

PARIS — The president of Guingamp says Dynamo Kyiv supporters wanted "to kill" the fans of the French club who travelled to Ukraine for a Europa League match.

Crowd trouble marred Thursday’s match, with the game interrupted for eight minutes following a pitch invasion by Dynamo fans who then attacked visiting supporters.

Guingamp fans, who have been accused of having a provocative banner, quickly left their seats as fights broke out.

Guingamp president Bertrand Desplat told France Info radio that he "saw a wolf-pack of people thirsty for blood. They wanted to fight and, I think, to kill our supporters."

Desplat also accused Dynamo officials of provoking aggression with nationalist propaganda and questioned UEFA’s decision to keep organizing matches in the war-torn country.

UEFA has charged Dynamo over the trouble

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