Dutch defender Jetro Willems has been punched by a fan of his personal group in an Eredivisie sport after bother broke out throughout Groningen’s derby defeat towards Heerenveen.
The 28-year-old Groningen participant went over to an space of the bottom the place tensions had been working excessive and tried to calm the house supporters.
As an alternative, he ended up being struck by one fan who reached over others earlier than taking a swing at Willems, with the stunning incident caught by TV cameras.
Relegation-threatened Groningen had been trailing 2-Zero on the time, going into the closing levels, and the sport was briefly paused as referee Serdar Gozubuyuk took the gamers off the sphere.
They later returned to finish the match, with no additional targets scored.
The incident may see Groningen face punishment, however former PSV and Newcastle United participant Willems joked about it after the ultimate whistle, telling Dutch ESPN: “I come from Rotterdam-Zuid; I can take a beating, proper?”
He added: “I do not need to say an excessive amount of about it. Every little thing will get blown up sooner or later. It’s definitely not regular, however we are going to sit down with the membership after which you’ll hear extra later or tomorrow.”
The sport was performed with an early kick-off, beginning at 1215 pm native time, with each targets coming earlier than half-time from Sydney van Hooijdonk.
Groningen ahead Elvis Manu reacted with horror to the assault, quoted by VI.nl as saying: “It is a pitch-black day. This mustn’t ever occur.
“It is an excellent pity. One particular person ruined it for everybody. I feel we had the group behind us from minute one. Now we have felt help.
“Too dangerous one thing like this occurred. Everybody could be very emotional, however this has no place on the soccer area.”
