Serbia V Albania Abandoned As Drone Flies Above Pitch, Teams Fight And Fans Riot

There were amazing scenes at the Serbia v Albania clash tonight with the game abandoned after a a drone carrying the Albania flag flew above the pitch at the Stadion Partizana in Belgrade.

It’s the first time Albania have visited Belgrade since 1967 but none of the country’s fans were allowed to attend tonight.

The crazy incidents were charted by freelance football writer Nick Ames on Twitter who was in attendance at the game.

It’s believed a drone flew over the stadium with the Albania flag hanging from it and all hell broke loose forcing English referee Martin Atkinson to suspend the heated clash.

Fans invaded the pitch with some players physically assaulted before both teams fled for the dressing rooms and the game was later abandoned.

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Ames tweeted the following:

Play stopped as a drone flies right above the pitch, dangling an Albanian flag right above it! This is incredible. Crowd going mad. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

Mitrovic, jumps, grabs the flag as it falls – and all hell has now broken lose here. Players and officials on both sides fighting. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

This is disgraceful. Albanians have now fled the pitch, pelted by objects. Serbians following. Never seen anything like this. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

I guess we'd say that this match has been "suspended". No idea when/if we'll restart. That was five minutes of complete insanity. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

Think it was Mavraj who ran over to Mitrovic when he grabbed the flag and barged him over. After that: chaos. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

The pitch is now surrounded by more police when I have ever seen. There's relative calm. But the damage is long since done. Now we wait. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

Was thinking, a little before all that, that everything was going off pretty well – usual chants apart. Underestimated what was simmering. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

Ok, abandoned here as you now know. The air of destructiveness has spread to the WiFi. A few details to review now. — Nick Ames (@NickAmes82) October 14, 2014

This video shows the moment the drone flew over the stadium:

The flag flown by a drone over Serbia v Albania https://t.co/FZ0r9y4gEe — James Dart (@James_Dart) October 14, 2014

And Serbian star Aleksander Mitrovic pulls down the flag in this video: