Referee beaten up by football team after pulling a red card

Team and fans go berserk after penalty is called

The referee of an amateur football game at Sundby Sports Park between Fremad Amager  and Christiania’s football club CSC was attacked and severely beaten up after pulling a red card on a player from Fremad Amager.

Several members of the team and some spectators surrounded and attacked the referee, who then fled the site and was taken away in an ambulance.

Police were called to the scene. The investigation is in its early stages, but one Fremad Amager player has already been charged with committing acts of violence against the referee.

“CSC was granted a penalty kick, and a Fremad player complained so aggressively he got a red card,” a witness who preferred to remain anonymous for his own protection told Ekstra Bladet. “Then a replacement player ran onto the field and hit the referee in the face.”

The witness said that when players from CSC tried to protect the referee, “the entire Fremad Amager team and about 20 spectators attacked him”.

Not the first time
The CSC players attempting to help the referee were also assaulted.

Henrik Ravnild, the head of DBU Copenhagen, confirmed the incident and acknowledged this is not the first time that Fremad Amager has been in hot water.

“It happened several times last season and the team was suspended,” Ravnild told Ekstra Bladet. “I thought they had got the hang of things, but that is obviously not the case.”

Ravnild said the league’s disciplinary committee will review the incident.

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