The father of the young man who dealt a blow to Jetro Willems during last weekend’s match between FC Groningen and sc Heerenveen (0-2) must appear in court soon. Report it General Journal and the Newspaper of the North. The 37-year-old man from Groningen is said to have threatened a steward and caused destruction in a cell complex.
The father of the fan who beat Willems must appear before the judge on April 3. He is suspected of threatening a steward ‘in and around the Groningen stadium’ and also destroyed a cell complex. Due to personal circumstances, the man is allowed to await trial in freedom. The examining magistrate has decided that he must comply with a number of conditions. His son is also free to await his trial. No hearing date has yet been set for that case.
There was a lot of noise in the stands on Sunday afternoon when a Groningen supporter wanted to storm onto the field. A safety coordinator intervened and immediately indicated that it was necessary to wait a while before resuming the game. Then things got completely out of hand in the stands. Willems, among others, tried to calm things down, but the left back received a blow from a minor. Willems’ fellow players tried to take him away from the angry crowd, after which referee Serdar Gözübüyük temporarily stopped the match.
After the match, Willems left opposite ESPN know that he did not want to make the incident bigger than it actually is. He also said that he was not yet sure whether he would file a report in response to the incident. “It is certainly not normal, but we will sit down with the club and then you will hear more later or tomorrow.” Monday morning it turned out that the former Oranje-international and FC Groningen have still filed a report.
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