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Vrba backs UEFA to tackle 'sad' crowd trouble

The Czech Republic boss is confident European football's governing body will deal with the ugly scenes which marred his side's 2-2 draw with Croatia in Saint-Etienne

Czech Republic coach Pavel Vrba labelled the crowd disturbances that marred his side's 2-2 Euro 2016 draw with Croatia as "sad", but backed UEFA to deal with the matter.

Fans in the Croatia section of Saint-Etienne's Stade Geoffroy-Guichard threw flares onto the pitch before fighting among themselves, leading to referee Mark Clattenburg to bring a halt to proceedings of the Group D fixture for around five minutes.

Vrba's side were 2-1 down at the time, but went on to secure a point that keeps their hopes of reaching the last 16 alive thanks to a nerveless injury-time penalty from Tomas Necid.