Fifteen-year-old footballer attacks referee with his fist in Slovakia

Slovak football has been struggling with violence lately. After the fights and fan rampages during the league match between Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava, another case has shaken Slovakia. After a match of the fourth youth league between Družstevník Trhovište and Slavoj Kráľovský Chlmec, a referee was attacked by a local player, Adrián Bogár.

Adrián Bogár is only fifteen years old. He punched the main referee Petr Pavel while leaving the pitch and was given a life sentence by the club. “If he ever plays football again, then only in another village. He is finished with us for good,” said Vladimir Koba, chairman of Družstevník Trhovište.

The head of the club even considered closing down the entire youth team in the village. But the management backed away from this plan because it would not be fair to the other boys who are decent.

Of course, Bogár was also punished by the Eastern Slovak Football Association. For physically assaulting a referee, he is banned from entering a match controlled by the association for sixty months. “This is the highest possible punishment,” explained Miloslav Urban, head of the disciplinary committee.

All indications are that the young man did not act in a short-sighted manner, but that it was a premeditated act. Bogár was playing under the table. During the break, he put on the jersey of his teammate Michal Milenka and attacked the referee after the match.

The Disciplinary Committee has already issued a verdict against Trnava and Slovan

Slovak premier league clubs Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava have already heard the verdict. They have been fined a total of 55,000 euros (roughly CZK 1.4 million) by the disciplinary body for the rampage of their ultras, who fought on the pitch.

The Trnava club will pay 35,000 euros and only children under 15 can attend the next three home games. Slovan has been fined 20,000 euros by the commission and its fans will not be allowed to travel to four away games.

Former Slovak national hockey player Marián Gáborík, who watched the Slovak league match directly from the stands, has previously condemned the fans’ row. “Two of the best teams were playing against each other, it was supposed to be a celebration of football,” the thirty-nine-year-old former hockey player said on his Instagram account.

“After a long time, we have sporting events with fans again. We should enjoy them and be happy about it. Instead, these things happen. It’s manure. Very sad,” Gaborik sad.

Source: Aktuálně, Instagram