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- The Goffert Stadium collapsed after an Eredivisie match on Sunday
- Vitesse Arnhem supporters began celebrating so wildly with the players on the pitch the stadium cracked and it’s a miracl that nobody was injured thanks to a big metal container
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Have you ever celebrated your team’s win so hard that you snapped the opposing team’s stadium in half? If you answered ‘yes’ to that question, you might be a fan of the Dutch soccer team Vitesse Arnhem who plays in the Eredivisie league).
After securing a 1-0 win over the weekend and on the road against NEC Nijmegen, Vitesse Arnhem slid into 6th place on the Eredivisie table while the fans who traveled to watch their team play celebrated so hard they broke the opposition’s Goffert Stadium.
Miraculously, nobody was injured. As you can see in the clips below, a large metal container was underneath the portion of the stadium that cracked in half and prevented a complete disaster from happening as the supporters only fell a few feet vs. a complete implosion with fans spilling out onto the pitch below.
This all happened during a particularly rowdy celebration after the final whistle. Check it out:
https://twitter.com/FootballlForAll/status/1449761576056238087
As you can see in this picture, it could have been a lot worse if that metal container wasn’t there:
Could be worse pic.twitter.com/PZMxFe6e7k
— 🇦🇺Hassan Frederik Jansen 🇲🇰 (@Double_Pain) October 17, 2021
People on Twitter had all sorts of reactions to the incident. Some using it as a metaphor for life, some making jokes, others just thankful that nobody got seriously injured.
The players really stopped and then continued to celebrate 😭😭
— Endrit (@101NDemon) October 17, 2021
Wow! Mental pic.twitter.com/Vig4T14Xn7
— Col White (@skybluecol) October 17, 2021
Interesting that after a brief pause, the players start bouncing again!
— Shane (@thistimesurely) October 17, 2021
Whilst it was bad as it looks, thank goodness there seems to be no one under the stand … 🙏
— Peter Lelliott (@peterlell) October 17, 2021
Wow thankfully everyone was ok think they need to get in contact with the cowboys who done this pic.twitter.com/C491q1F4p9
— jack⭐️⭐️🕕 (@BelfastBlue1) October 17, 2021
This is a metaphor for life. The ones on top are oblivious to what's going on at the bottom. The ones at the bottom fall down but carry on like normal.
Said this before one of those life coaches did.
— Imran Escőbar (@razor5edge) October 17, 2021
Imagine being an architect in a soccer stadium planning meeting who speaks up and is like ‘guys, is this strong enough? What if they party real hard and break our beautiful building into pieces?’ Because that’s a very real conversation that will need to be had in the future.