Ronaldo, Messi wounded 3 in Abakaliki

Three football fans were wounded in a free-
for-all in a bar in Abakaliki on Saturday
night over an argument about who is a
better player between Cristiano Ronaldo
and Lionel Messi.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
Correspondent who witnessed the melee
reports that the incident occurred at the
Kpirikpiri area of the town during the EURO
2016 second round match between Portugal
and Croatia.
NAN also reports that Portugal won the
match 1-0 courtesy of a Ricardo Quaresma
114th minute-extra time goal that sent
them into the competition’s quarter-finals.
Trouble started when a Ronaldo supporter
identified as “Marshal’’ celebrated widely as
the Real Madrid star’s shot was parried
into Quaresma’s path for the goal to the
consternation of the Messi’s supporter
named Obinna.
The duo had argued all night over the
better player between both mega stars.
NAN reports that immediately Quaresma
scored, Marshal rushed to Obinna and
mocked him, chanting “I told you, I told you
Ronaldo is the best’’.
Obinna who apparently was reeling with
anger pushed Marshal and a fight ensued
which made others inside the bar to
intervene.
Matters, however, went out of hand when
Marshal’s friends felt that Obinna’s friends
were indirectly aiding him in the fight, thus
making the fight instantly a free-for-all.
The bar owner, identified simply as Simon,
rushed outside to invite people within the
compound as those inside couldn’t control
the situation.
However, calm was eventually restored but
three persons, including Obinna were
seriously wounded, while Simon
immediately closed before the match could
end.
Curb from: Punch

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