Scandal in Serbian football: Assistant punches head coach and flees stadium

Printscreen: Youtube/Fudbal Zapadne Srbije

A huge scandal happened in Serbian football, during the Serbian League "West" game between Uzice's Sloboda and Susica, when the host won 2-0!

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However, that victory will remain in the shadow of a serious incident in the 15th minute, when the goalkeeping coach of the home team, Veljko Simic, punched his boss, head coach Goran Djukic, with his fist.

Sportski Zurnal newspaper reports that Djukic was standing by the touchline during one break, where he normally stands during the match, and that Simic ran up to him and for unknown reasons struck him. Djukic staggered from the force of the blow, and even his glasses fell off.

Assistant referees and other members of the staff ran over to help, while Simic ran away from the stadium. In the meantime, the police arrived at half time took the statements from journalists and videos from the cameras of the local TV outlet, that was was doing a live broadcast.

The official video report from this match appeared on the YouTube channel "Football of Western Serbia" but the video lacks details from the 12th to the 19th minute, when the incident happened.

Sportski Zurnal writes that a member of the board of Sloboda, Dragan Marjanovic, did not want to comment on the situation and that he only said that everything would be clearer after the Board of Directors meets on Monday afternoon.

(Telegraf.rs)