1. Dr. Friedrich Loesel, a German hooligan expert, helped his government create psychological profiles of hooligans. 2. Police chased gangs of English and German hooligans through the streets of Frankfurt Friday, testing the elaborate security arrangements surrounding a key soccer match between Germany and England. 3. After German hooligans rampaged in Lens and left a policeman in coma, German delegation officials briefly considered withdrawing the team from the World Cup. 4. And a French policeman remains in a coma after his head was beaten in by a German hooligan wielding an iron bar. 5. Berti Vogts expressed anger Tuesday that German soccer federation officials offered to withdraw the team from the World Cup because of violence by German hooligans. 6. Cracking down on soccer thugs has become a priority since German hooligans beat a French policeman into a coma last month during a World Cup match. 7. Former international soccer stars from France and Germany meet Sunday in a benefit game for a French policeman beaten unconscious by German hooligans during the World Cup. 8. French police used sticks to fight the German hooligans. 9. German hooligans then started demolishing their seats and threw several benches onto the field. 10. German hooligans then threw several plastic benches onto the field. |