New scandal and episode of violence in Catalan football. A week after the incidents in the Barcelona derby between the Europe and the Sant Andreuduring which one of the stands at the back of the Nou Sardenya stadium collapsed with dozens of supporters inside, currently during the match between Sant Andreu and Sports club Totally reprehensible events have occurred.
In this meeting of Group 3 of the Second RFEF, and as it appears in the referee’s report, from the stands of the Catalan team “several spits were thrown above the area where the visiting goalkeeper was, and they actually hit him. Concerning these events, “several (spitting) were observed on the head and back of the visiting goalkeeper”.
However, the worst part was not that, but a few shouts directed at one of the linemen in the game. After spitting had been repeated, already in added time, and the action protocol in the event of public incidents had been applied for the second time (in this case, in reference to intolerant acts), the assistant from the group received threatening cries: “I have a knife, I’m going to kill you”.
“Then said the assistant referee receives several spits from the side stand behind their touchline”, adds the referee’s report of this match between Sant Andreu and Peña Deportiva, signed by the match referee, Octavio Herranz Monge.
Due to all these facts, the referee of this fourth category duel of Spanish football temporarily suspended the match after three episodes of spitting (two against the goalkeeper and one against the lineman). After a meeting in the referees’ locker room between the referees and delegates from both teams, the security coordinator and representatives of the Technical Referees Commission, the match resumed ten minutes later.
Catalan football, in question
Thus, non-professional Catalan football is once again the protagonist, but due to poor performances and events, barely a week ago, during the Europa-Sant Andreu derby (Barcelona derby), dangerous events occurred when A stadium stand collapsed and several Sant Andreu supporters fell to the ground.
There remains the second match of the Federation a slight injury after the back stand where the visiting supporters were located gave way. The fans were celebrating Sant Andreu’s fifth goal, then a 3-5 winner, when the fence could not withstand the weight of the supporters and fell to the ground. With her, dozens of supporters of the visiting team.
