There is a good chance that the field stormers in the game between FC Groningen and Vitesse (0-1) come from a student hazing, general manager Wouter Gudde confirmed after the game in front of the camera of ESPN. Before the start of the second half, things went completely wrong in Euroborg stadium, when goalkeeper Markus Schubert got something thrown at him and five supporters took the field and managed to stay out of the hands of security for minutes. To make matters worse, the home team had already seen two red cards and the game was stopped by referee Allard Lindhout.
Gudde also saw that Schubert had an object thrown at his head from the supporters of FC Groningen. “It’s obviously a crappy evening for us,” admitted a visibly disappointed Gudde afterwards. “I think two things have happened. The first is that it looks like a cup full of beer hits the head of the Vitesse keeper, we don’t know that yet and we will investigate that. we’ll see if we can identify the thrower and inflict an appropriate penalty.”
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When Gudde, together with trainer Danny Buijs, tried to dampen the emotions of the Groningen supporters, five field stormers climbed over the boarding on the other side of the field. “That should never happen to our organization,” Gudde continues. “Fortunately, we were able to identify them and they will also receive an appropriate punishment. We suspect that it has to do with a student hazing, but I have not yet been in contact with the security department. Lucky in an accident is that they have been identified in any case.”
Referee Allard Lindhout admitted afterwards that he had no choice but to temporarily stop the game. “Of course you could already hear from the noise in the stadium that something was going on,” said Lindhout. “I have not observed it myself. The home team is responsible for safety in this case and it must always be possible to guarantee this for the players. Players must be able to feel safe and that was not the case in this situation. can be improved in the procedure? I hope that the people who understand this can make a wise decision.”