SPANISH fans were attacked by masked hooligans on a Polish motorway before a Europa Conference League match. According to a police statement released on Thursday, two buses carrying supporters of Rayo Vallecano were stopped by two cars on the S8 motorway near the village of Prosienica in east-central Poland. Shortly after, around 30 attackers came out of a nearby forest, having cut through a section of the motorway fence to get in.
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Paramedics treated several injured fans at the scene, and three people were taken to the hospital.
Police arrested seven suspects and found items like balaclavas, long-handled batons, wooden sticks, and metal-cutting tools.
Rayo Vallecano did not comment on the incident, and their fan group, the Bukaneros, said nothing about it on social media.
In the Europa Conference League, Jagiellonia Białoystok are currently in ninth place with eight points, while Rayo Vallecano are in 12th place with seven points from four games.