Watch: Spanish Giant Sevilla’s Goalkeeper Pins Down Rival Fan Who Attacked Him During Soccer Game
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Hooliganism is nothing new to soccer. Soccer fans sometimes let their emotions flow through some kind of violent conduct. It may be entering the pitch in the mob and disrupting the game or violent protests after the team loses, or sometimes entering the pitch and attacking a rival player. One such incident happened during the UEFA Europa League game on Thursday.
Spanish giants Sevilla took on Dutch side PSV in the round of 32 game of the Europa League at Philips Stadium, Eindhoven. PSV needed a big win in the game as they lost 3-0 in the first leg. During the game, when PSV had the lead, a fan entered the pitch and attacked Sevilla’s goalkeeper.
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Sevilla goalkeeper defended himself from attacking soccer fan
The Serbian goalkeeper, Marko Dmitrovic, started the game ahead of the first choice, Yassine Bounou, for the return leg. Sevilla came into the game with a comfortable 3-0 lead from the first leg. It was Sevilla’s former striker Luuk de Jong, who gave a scare to the Spanish club, scoring in the 77th minute and starting a fightback from the Dutch side.
Dmitrovic made some crucial saves in the dying moments, denying much-needed goals to PSV. It angered one of the PSV fans, who ran onto the pitch toward the stand-in goalkeeper. The hooligan threw a punch toward the goalkeeper, who in his defense, got the hold of the fan.
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At full time of Sevilla eliminating PSV from the Europa League, a fan ran on to the field to attack Sevilla keeper Marko Dmitrović.
Dmitrović pinned him down until security took him away 😳 pic.twitter.com/CRKGxTQCwe
— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 23, 2023
Dmitrovic pinned down the hooligan, as seen in the video, which surfaced on social media. Soon PSV and Sevilla’s players ran towards the two, attempting to get the two apart. However, Dmitrovic kept hold of the fan until security arrived on the scene and took away the hooligan.
The game got interesting after the incident as PSV scored their second goal in the fifth minute of the added time. They were just a goal away from taking the game into the extra time as one of their goals was scrapped off for the offside. PSV player saw a red card after the final whistle for his dissent. Now Sevilla will have to wait until the draw to know their round-of-16 opponent.
Sevilla will know their round of 16 opponent on Friday
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The UEFA Europa League round of 16 draw will take place on Friday at UEFA’s headquarter in Switzerland. Sevilla will be in the second pot for the draw with other play-off winners. The second pot includes the teams: Juventus, Leverkusen, Man United, Roma, Sevilla, Shakhtar, Sporting CP, and Union Berlin.
The first pot includes Arsenal, Real Betis, Fenerbahce, Ferencvaros, Feyenoord, Freiburg, Real Sociedad, and Union Saint-Gilloise. Sevilla can face six of those, as Betis and Sociedad are from Spain and can’t face a club from the same nation in the round of 16.
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Edited by:
Sreeda U M