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| quote: | Real fined, threatened with stadium closure over Cup fracas
AFP
January 19, 2007
MADRID (AFP) - The Spanish football authorities reportedly fined Real Madrid and threatened the club with a stadium ban after fans threw objects onto the pitch as the club crashed out Thursday to Real Betis in the Spanish Cup.
According to Marca sports daily's website, the Cup competition authority of the Spanish Football Federation elected to hand down an unspecified fine and added it was mulling the possibility of an additional stadium ban after a bottle thrown onto the pitch hit a linesman's arm, the report indicated.
A mobile telephone was also hurled onto the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium and referee Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez had to stop play briefly before Betis emerged with a 1-1 second leg draw which took them through to the last eight on the away goals rule.
Fans had been outraged that Real defender Ivan Helgeura's late header, which found the back of the net, had been ruled out through offside. |
It's probably nothing for Real Madrids players anyways, their fans has been shitty all season long, but for understandable reasons ofcourse.
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