The victory of Peña Deportiva by 2-0 against UE Sant Andreu this Sunday’s away win over UE Sant Andreu – which moved them up to fourth place in the Segunda RFEF tournament – has been marred by a repudiatory act of violence in Barcelona. Near the end, the local ultra group called Desperdicis’07 threatened to kill the assistant referee and spat at the goalkeeper of Peña Deportiva, Pablo Picón, which forced a temporary suspension. Therefore, from the institution of Santa Eulària have issued a statement condemning the facts. “From the SCR Peña Deportiva we strongly condemn the violence received by our goalkeeper and the threats received by the linesman in the last match against Sant Andreu at the Narcís Sala. These situations have no place in sport,” they said. In addition, they supported the goalkeeper by maintaining that “we stand by our player and hope that neither he, nor any other player has to suffer these acts again. These are absolutely regrettable events that must disappear from soccer once and for all”.
The facts
In the final minutes, another object was thrown and the referee decided to suspend the game for 10 minutes. After talking to the players in the locker room, the remaining 2 minutes could be played. According to the referee’s report, “in the 89th minute, from the north end, several spits were thrown at the area where the visiting goalkeeper was standing, hitting him. Several were observed on the head and back of the visiting goalkeeper. Given this fact, the protocol of action on public incidents is activated, specifically for intolerant acts, requiring the field delegate to proceed to communicate over the stadium’s public address system the message to stop such behavior. However, the ultra repeated the attitude with “spitting from the same area, activating the protocol again and warning the field delegate to communicate this fact again”. In addition, as published this morning in Diario de Ibiza, the report states that the assistant N2 receives a threat: “I have a knife, I’m going to kill you”.
