We will still have to wait until next week to know the resolution of the RFEF Disciplinary Committee regarding the launch of the bottle that impacted the referee on Thursday night. Alejandro Quintero González at the end of the RCD Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal at the RCDE Stadium.
Incident that the referee recorded as follows in the referee’s report: “Once the match was over, as we were at the entrance to the locker room tunnel, a medium-sized plastic cup filled with liquid was thrown towards me, hitting me. chest with force. Said object was thrown by a fan wearing a local club shirt from above the tunnel. Given this, I requested the identification of the individual by the security forces and bodies, which was positive as reported by the security coordinator. “Once in the locker room, I was evaluated by the local club’s medical services, to which they assessed that there was no apparent injury.”
As we already explained yesterday in MD, the disciplinary body is protected by article 15 of the Disciplinary Code on the responsibility of the clubs and where it considers as a notable fact that “the physical integrity of the referees is undermined or endangered… “. When determining the severity, it takes into account circumstances “such as the production or not of injuries; the appreciation of the obvious risk that it could have originated” and as determining factors of the severity, “the passive or negligent attitude of the organizing club or its lack of alacrity to identify and place at the disposal of the competent authority the protagonists of the incidents.
Quintero González and Manolo González, during the match
Finally, and when the referee is attacked “requiring medical assistance, the offended party must submit the corresponding medical report.” Circumstances that occurred on Thursday. On the one hand, Espanyol identified the author of the launch. He is a former member of about 40 years old who has already contacted the club to convey his apologies to him. Quintero González. In addition, the referee did not suffer any harmful consequences.
The disciplinary body is working to have all the information on the matter and be able to resolve it at the next meeting initially scheduled for Wednesday, October 2 of next week. Furthermore, it will not be until next Saturday the 5th when they will play at home again, against the Majorca.
As stated in this Friday’s disciplinary resolution:
Considering the arbitration report and other documents corresponding to the match on matchday 7 of the First Division National League Championship, played on September 26, 2024 between the RCD Espanyol and the Villarreal CFproceeds:
1. Require the first of the aforementioned clubs to, within a period of two days, state what is appropriate to its right based on the allegations made and, where appropriate, provide the evidence it considers relevant.
2. “Request the National Sports Office to send the Match Report signed by the Security Coordinator of the aforementioned match.”
There are several scenarios that can occur. The worst involves a total closure of the field for a match and a fine of between 18,000 and 90,000 euros. A scenario that seems complicated given that the pitcher is identified, and has also apologized to the club and the referee himself; and it was in this very specific area. In addition to the absence of injuries, as we already explained above, to the referee.
The second is to consider it serious with the partial closure of the area from where the launch occurred in addition to a fine that could reach up to 6,000 euros. And on the other hand, and the most likely considering all the elements, is that the parakeet club will be fined around this amount but that there will be no closure but rather a closure warning that would be executed in case of recurrence during the current season.
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