Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic was punched within the face in a surprising fan assault throughout Sevilla’s Europa League defeat to PSV Eindhoven within the Netherlands.
Dmitrovic was solely launched to the Sevilla line-up on the final minute after common No. 1 Yassine Bounou was unwell previous to the match.
But the Serbian gloveman not solely conceded two targets, however was the sufferer of a horrific assault from a pitch invader, who rushed the keeper and punched him within the face.
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Dmitrovic shortly subdued his assailant earlier than safety workers marched the fan from the bottom to loud jeers from the gang. The goalkeeper was apparently unhurt and performed the rest of the match.
Luuk de Jong and Fabio Silva scored for PSV late within the match, whereas the Dutch aspect had Mauro Junior despatched off in stoppage time.
But six-time champions Sevilla progressed from the last-16 tie 3-2 on mixture regardless of the 2-0 defeat within the second leg.
Dmitrovic stated (translated from Spanish): “He pushed me from behind and then he got in my face and tried to hit me. I think it brushed me a little on the side of the nose. And then, to be honest, I really wanted to hit him.
“But it’s never pretty. If you want to fight, we go to an event or a sport like boxing or anything. Here in this one, in the sport of football they don’t deserve those things, but there is always some, some fan who is drunk and mad, there is an idiot who assaults, but hey, that shouldn’t happen here. I hope they punish him like any other who jumps on the field.”
Originally printed as Goalkeeper punched within the face in horrific Europa League fan assault
Source: www.news.com.au
