Football Match In Pego Becomes Third Suspended Over Violence In Less Than A Month

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The latest section took spot connected Sunday November 16. Credit: Enguera FC

A activity of troubling incidents continues to overshadow shot fixtures involving Marina Alta teams, pinch yet different lucifer halted owed to fierce behaviour from spectators.

Although nary of nan caller clashes person occurred wrong nan Marina Alta, players – and astatine times their family members – person many times recovered themselves embroiled successful dispute situations distant from home.

A period marked by abandoned matches

The first suspension occurred connected October 26 during CEF El Verger’s lucifer successful Gandia. A week later, connected Saturday November 2, CD Denia saw their distant crippled successful Beniopa abandoned for akin reasons. The latest section took spot connected Sunday November 16, erstwhile nan fixture betwixt Enguera and Pego was halted prematurely astatine nan location crushed of nan Valencian club.

Referee intervenes arsenic tensions escalate

The referee stopped nan lucifer successful nan 91st minute, pinch Pego starring 1–3, aft a group of location supporters began directing verbal maltreatment and threats towards nan visiting team. Tensions had already surfaced successful nan first half, prompting nan charismatic to petition nan beingness of nan Guardia Civil.
Matters grew much superior erstwhile Pego scored their 3rd goal, triggering louder insults and nan throwing of objects from nan stands.

Decision now rests pinch Competition Committee

With rule enforcement failing to arrive, nan referee deemed nan business unsafe and instructed some teams to return to nan dressing rooms.
It will now beryllium up to nan sole judge of nan Competition Committee to find whether Pego will beryllium awarded nan triumph successful this Primera FFCV conflict aliases whether nan lucifer must beryllium replayed — pinch nan erstwhile considered nan much apt outcome.

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