Angry fans, injury at a football match, coach taken by ambulance helicopter – VIDEO

Crvena Zvezda lost a match against Midtjylland at the European League. Serbian football fans blamed three Hungarian referees for losing the match. Eventually, the coach had to be taken away by an ambulance helicopter.

Serbian newspaper Vijesti wrote that the fans of the home team threw various items at the referees when entering the tunnel and hit fitness coach Federico Panoncini. His skull was cracked, and he was kept overnight at the emergency centre. The incident happened in Belgrade.

“Crvena Zvezda goalkeeper Milan Borjan tried to calm the fans down, and members of the police formed a wall so that the referees could reach the locker rooms,” the newspaper wrote.

Origo reported the details of the incident. Serbian football fans blamed three Hungarian referees for losing the match. That was the trigger for the attacks on the Hungarian referees. People started throwing various items at them. Injuring the coach was an accident. The event was extremely unfortunate, and he was taken to the hospital by helicopter.

One specific event that made Serbians angry was that referee Tamás Bognár sent off two players. The first occasion happened when he sent off Milos Degenek in the 12th minute of the match. Then, he sent off Marko Gobeljić in minute 94.

Aggressive behaviour at football matches is unfortunately not rare. There have been issues in Wembley where the police used batons against Hungarians. Recently, the Hungarian football association banned rowdy fans from sports events. You can read about the details by clicking HERE and HERE.

Source: Vijesti, Origo