Dynamo Kiev's fans have been accused of being militiamen, not football supporters, by Guingamp's president following violent scenes in their Europa League tussle on Thursday.
The French club - who won the first leg of the last 32 tie 2-1 last week - were 2-0 down when their small band of fans were forced to evacuate the stadium when a group of masked supporters found their way onto the athletics track and began to march towards them, violently trading blows with any stewards who got in their way.
As the away fans were evacuated from the stadium for their own safety, many of the home supporters started fighting amongst themselves, with Dynamo goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskiy among those trying to restore peace in the Ukraine capital.
Play eventually resumed and Kiev went on to win the second leg 3-1 and the tie 4-3 on aggregate, but Guingamp chief Bernard Desplat is disgusted that officials allowed the game to continue in such violent circumstances.
"I saw a stadium at war with rabid dogs that wanted to fight," Desplat told RMC. "There were 11 heroes in Guingamp colours on the field because organising a match in these security conditions, when the safety of a certain group is not assured, is catastrophic for football.
"These are not fans, they are militiamen. Restarting play? How do you expect the players to focus on their game? It was extremely dangerous. This match could only have happened in Ukraine under these conditions."
Ukraine has undergone a lot of political turbulence over the past 18 months and the eastern part of the country is ravaged by fighting between loyalists and separatists.
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