Arrests during the championship celebration in Rotterdam

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If it is after 18 years of the Dutch football champion, can boil over the emotions. Among the Fans of Feyenoord of Rotterdam, however, must engage the police, to prevent worse.

The spontaneous celebration of Fans of the new Dutch soccer champion Feyenoord Rotterdam are a little out of control. Thousands of supporters were hold on Sunday after winning the first title since 1999. Crowd favourite Dirk Kuyt had scored in the decisive 3:1 victory against Heracles Almelo all three goals. The police of the port city of reported opinions, 76, 270 pounds of fireworks, as well as more than 10,000 litres of alcohol had to be confiscated. The quantities of Alcohol filled in two containers, police said.

Alone in the city centre, 1000 police force had been in use, in order to prevent riots like the one in the previous week, after the city Derby between Excelsior and Feyenoord. After that 117 people had been arrested. For Sunday and Monday, mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb in Rotterdam had imposed a ban on alcohol.

A few minutes after the final whistle, the Feyenoord-Fans took to the Hofplein, Rotterdam Central square in fog

The mayor was in spite of the excesses of the view that the majority of the Fans behaved this time, and therefore gave his consent for the official championship celebration. On Monday the team of coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst will be received at city hall and honored. Again thousands of Fans are expected to be in the centre. The city Museum Rotterdam trainer, van Bronckhorst with a Statue of honor to be unveiled on Wednesday will also be mostly.

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