Reuters UK said:Saturday's Euro 2008 Group F qualifier between Denmark and Sweden was abandoned with one minute left to play after a fan attacked the referee.
The game was tied but nooooo, had to be given to Sweden for the attack.
Reuters UK said:Saturday's Euro 2008 Group F qualifier between Denmark and Sweden was abandoned with one minute left to play after a fan attacked the referee.
That's unbelievable... with a minute to go, surely there's another ref that can take over if the existing ref cannot play on.
Well, you figure Sweden would have probably scored the penalty to make it 4-3.
I'm wondering if this wont set a dangerous precedent. What is to stop an away fan dressing up in home colors, charging the field, and getting FIFA to award a victory to the away team?
The ref wasn't hurt, I think it was more the fact that he was worried about safety.
I think what the ref should have done was take the players off the field while they emptied the stadium, and then played the remaining time with no crowd.
last thing we need is sending a message that it is ok to assail the ref, depending on circumstances.
and this not going to "set a precedent". please. there are tons of precedents for teams being penalized because of something their moronic fans did.
i can't believe anyone would argue that denmark shouldn't forfait this game.
it is irrelevant what the score was or if the ref abandoned or not
if denmark was winning 10-0 and they went on and finished the game, they would still forfait the game and lose 0-3.
and it would be totally correct.
last thing we need is sending a message that it is ok to assail the ref, depending on circumstances.
and this not going to "set a precedent". please. there are tons of precedents for teams being penalized because of something their moronic fans did.
We are not saying that it is okay for the ref to be attacked but the game should go on. It was only one person that came on to the field and time was also running down.
But where is the line, then? Should the game be continued if it were the 85th minute? The 70th? The 1st?
Stewards, one would hope.What is to stop an away fan dressing up in home colors, charging the field, and getting FIFA to award a victory to the away team?
Of course when it occurred should have no impact.
I am still worried about what might happen now. I realize that safety is the most important thing to everyone but what is going to give future idiots incentive to do the same thing, watching it have no impact on the game or watching it get the game abandoned? I think the later gives more incentive to future idiots to try the same thing - especially away fans disguised as home fans.
it's not like this is the first case of a game that is disrupted by the fans, causing their team to forfait a game.
Happened tons of times at all levels.
Yet, you don't see dozens of morons in disguise trying to influence games.
how is this different other than it involves your team? it isn't and it's not setting a precedent, just adding to an unfortunate list of idiots.
A precedent WOULD be set if, as you and others here propose, the episode would have been waived off.
Maybe the ref could have let the penalty be shot and finish the game.
but the match should still end up to be 0-3, exactly because you don't want to set a precedent. I think denmark will consider them lucky if they only get the 0-3.
the ref is in the stadium basically surrounded by tens of thousands of "enemy" fans (from both sides). a sizeable fraction of whom are drunken morons.
you have to send out a message, loud and clear, that the ref is untouchable "OR ELSE". If you don't you can't expect them to ref objectively.
And give some credit to the authorities/stewards that they might be able to crack to misterious case of the travelling rocket scientist who disguised himself as home fan to have the home team penalized. please.
i understand the frustration, but you should complain with the drunkard, the stewards that didn't stop him or with Poulsen who criminally triggered the entire chain of events (talk about sportmanship), not with the ref or the sporting authorities.
On the other hand, this is a great incentive for the home team to take enough security precautions so that nobody from either team can jump on the field.I'm wondering if this wont set a dangerous precedent. What is to stop an away fan dressing up in home colors, charging the field, and getting FIFA to award a victory to the away team?
Presumably the fan was taken off by stewards / police and asked for proof of ID.
If he claimed to be a Dane supporter but lived in Sweden, that would look rather fishy no?