The PSV fan who ran on the field and attacked Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović during a game last month has been handed a two-month jail sentence.
In the middle of PSV’s Europa League match at home against Sevilla, the 20-year-old man ran onto the Philips Stadium pitch and made a beeline for the Serbia international keeper.
Video footage showed the man throw a punch at Dmitrović, who then wrestled him to the ground and restrained him before security intervened.
In not-so-stunning news, the fan had 1. A prior history of soccer-related offenses, and was 2. Drunk.
“The suspect not only violated a stadium and area ban, he also went onto the field in a drunken state to assault a soccer player,” the East Brabant District Court said. “This is completely disrespectful to the victim, the soccer clubs and all true supporters of PSV. In addition, the suspect was convicted twice in 2021 for soccer-related offenses.”
The court said the fan had already been banned from the area around Philips Stadium, and had a friend buy a ticket to the game for him.
UEFA has also opened a disciplinary case into PSV, with the Dutch club expected to receive some form of punishment.
“If someone attacks me, I’m going to defend myself. I think he brushed against me, he couldn’t hit me,” Dmitrović said after the incident. “I managed to beat him. I was on the ground for a long time until security came.”
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