Hazard warning to Spurs and Chelsea fans ahead of tonight’s Wembley clash
BY PAUL LAGAN
Eden Hazard has warned fans of Chelsea and Spurs to behave themselves at tonight’s Carabao semi-final 1st leg at Wembley following recent antisocial chanting.
Hazard, 28, said: “I just want all the fans to watch and enjoy the game. One team will win, one will lose, but try to act with fair play. I like all fans, there are good fans away also. It is a good game to play and I hope all the fans will enjoy the game.
“I have said before that these sort of fans (who sing anti-Semitic songs) are not fans for me. They come to the stadium just to say something. I understand that people want the team they support to win the game, but they need to show fair play, to just support their team.
“When you are a player, we are a bit of an example (to others), but the fans should also set an example. I want Chelsea fans to be the best in the world and I don’t want to see a bad image of Chelsea fans.
“But it is a general issue in football, it is not just Chelsea fans.
“In Italy you can see a lot of things also. I want this kind of thing to disappear. I know it’s hard because football is a big world. But if step by step we are doing things altogether, players, managers, journalists, I think we can do something.
“All I want is for people to remember the game for the right reasons.”