The participation of the Russian children's team "Cosmos" in the Norwegian Football Cup for teams under 14 ended in a scandal. In the 1/16 finals, Russian football players started a fight with Norwegian peers, after which Cosmos was awarded a forfeit defeat and a fine of 2,000 NOK was imposed. It is reported Norwegian media .
In the 1/16 finals of the Norwegian Open Cup, Cosmos from Stavropol met with the local team Gerd. Already in the third minute of the meeting, after a corner kick by the hosts, the goalkeeper of the Russian team grossly violated the rules in his own penalty area, as a result of which he was expelled from the field by the referee.
The Russian footballers strongly disagreed with the referee's decision and argued with the referee for a long time, but were forced to accept it.
"Gerd" converted a penalty, after which he scored another goal, creating a comfortable, especially for playing in a numerical advantage, backlog. It was after the second goal of the Norwegian team, according to local media, that the main events unfolded that led to the scandal.
According to the Norwegian press, at some point, a remote player of the Russian team appeared on the field, rushing at his opponents with his fists, after which a real fistfight began on the lawn, which was stopped only after the intervention of law enforcement officers.
“A team with very large players played against us, who also acted very aggressively,” says Jorgen Llosa, one of the parents of the Gerd players.
- After the removal in the third minute of the game, the opponents could not believe what had happened for a long time and did not continue the game. When it resumed and we scored the second goal, their remote player ran onto the field and the Russians began to beat our children with their hands and feet.
The referee approached their coach before the fight and asked to calm his players, but he just shrugged.
“I have never seen anything like it,” he said. Main coach"Gerda" Trond Lervik.
— We knew from other teams that we were going to meet with a very tough and sometimes rude opponent, but we could not even imagine that things would go so far. We are shocked by what happened."
As a result, the Gerd players left the field in protest, and the Russian delegation retreated when law enforcement officers appeared at the stadium.
The police tried to detain the Cosmos representatives and the team's players, but they could not catch anyone.
Nevertheless, at an emergency meeting of the children's association that holds the Norwegian Cup for teams under 14, it was decided to record a technical defeat with a score of 0:3 for the Russian team, as a result of which it is eliminated from the competition.
In addition, Cosmos was fined 2,000 crowns, which the Russian delegation must pay no later than August 5th.
However, it is still too early to put an end to this story, since the press release of the Football Association also states that the police have been informed of all the circumstances of the case. It is quite possible that the Cosmos leadership will still have problems with the local police.
At the time of publication of the material, the Russian Football Union declined to comment. Later, a RIA Novosti correspondent took a comment from the coach of the Russian team Yevgeny Yesikov, who presented his version of events. “In the second minute of the match, the goalkeeper was sent off because he wanted to knock the ball out of his hands, and a player from the other team stood in front of him. The referee decided that he wanted to hit the opponent. After that, on 15 minutes, the referee gave a yellow card to our player and told him to leave the field for 5 minutes. Take away from the field for 5 minutes for a yellow card? After that, we decided to take the team off the field. When our team left, one of the Norwegian players called our distant goalkeeper in English "Russian pig". He could not restrain himself and hit the Norwegian on the leg, ”said Esikov.
According to him, after that a fight broke out, in which two Norwegians and two Cosmos players took part. “After a couple of seconds, the parents of the Norwegian team intervened. We started beating our guys. As a result, we two coaches and some Norwegian parents separated them and dragged them away from the children. As a result, our adult goalkeeper broke his arm. They took him to the hospital, he has a crack in his hand, ”the Cosmos coach added.
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After that, it was impossible to continue the game, as the rivals were aggressive, so the Russian team was taken off the field, Yevgeny Yesikov said about the fight during the Norwegian Norway Cup competition.
“I took the team off the field because it was unrealistic to continue the game. They were aggressive and attacked us. I took them off the field because I care about the health of the children,” he explained.
The assistant coach also gave details of the skirmish itself. “There was no fight as such, they hit each other a couple of times. After that, the parents of Norwegian children jumped out, of which there were a lot. Six men were adults and started beating our children,” said the coach.
In addition, Esikov told how the Russian players were injured. “After that, we tried to stretch them, but there were only two of us, and there were many of them. They knocked one of our three players to the ground, hit him in the back. The goalkeeper tried to protect himself from them with his hand, they hit him on the arm and broke his arm,” he said.
The players were taken to the hospital in a timely manner, they received assistance, and now they feel well. “After that, we took the children to the hospital, where they were treated. One was put on ice, and the other was put in plaster, as he had a broken arm, ”the coach added.
Inaction of judges
According to Yevgeny Yesikov, the referee also led incorrectly. If he had managed to stop the players in time, the injuries could have been avoided.
“The referee ran away from the field, he did not fulfill his duties at all. He had to separate the children, remove the fighting from the field, the incident would be over, the game would continue and that’s all, ”he concluded.
Recall, earlier it was reported that the Russian football team "Cosmos" (Stavropol) was suspended from participating in the Norway Cup competitions for children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years after a fight with rivals. The team was given a technical defeat with a score of 0:3.
Earlier, Esikov said that the goalkeeper of the team was injured as a result of the fight after the parents of the Norwegian football players intervened in the brawl. The fight, according to the assistant coach, occurred after a Norwegian footballer insulted a Russian goalkeeper.
Norwegian version
The coach of the Norwegian team Herd Trond Lervik, for his part, told RT that there were no insults from the players of his team.
“I don't think our players said anything at all. We talked a lot before the match. We knew we had to concentrate on the match, play football the way we can. The main thing is focus. And my players did a great job with it,” he explained.
However, he did not deny that the parents of the Norwegian players were present on the field during the fight. "Parents stepped in between the players to ensure their safety," Lerwick said.
On the part of the Norwegian team, one player was injured, he was hit in the stomach. Now he's all right.
Oleg Bogdanov
Recall that the Stavropol team fought with the players of the Norwegian team SPK Herd. After that, FC Cosmos counted a technical defeat with a score of 3: 0, fined 2,000 kroons (about 15,000 rubles) and banned from participating in the cup.
According to the Norwegians, the Cosmos goalkeeper was sent off for a rough foul at the beginning of the game, but he did not want to leave the field for a long time. Then a scuffle began, and the Norwegians hurriedly left the playing area and called the police.
Coaches of FC Cosmos say that the fight was provoked by SPK Herd players.
Evgeny Yesikov,
assistant coach of FC Cosmos:
In the second minute of the match, the goalkeeper was sent off because he wanted to knock the ball out of his hands, and a player from the other team stood in front of him. The referee decided that he wanted to hit the opponent. After that, on 15 minutes, the referee gave a yellow card to our player and told him to leave the field for 5 minutes. Take away from the field for 5 minutes for a yellow card? After that, we decided to withdraw the entire team. When the team left, one of the Norwegian players called our remote goalkeeper in English "Russian pig". He could not restrain himself and hit the Norwegian on the leg.
The parents of the Norwegian footballers intervened in the brawl. It was one of the adults, according to Esikov, who injured the hand of the goalkeeper of the Russian team, after which the boy was taken to the hospital.
The participation of the Russian children's team "Cosmos" in the Norwegian Football Cup for teams under 14 ended in a scandal. In the 1/16 finals, Russian football players started a fight with Norwegian peers, after which Cosmos was awarded a forfeit defeat and a fine of 2,000 NOK was imposed. It is reported by Gazeta.ru.
In the 1/16 finals of the Norwegian Open Cup, Cosmos from Stavropol met with the local team Gerd. Already in the third minute of the meeting, after a corner kick by the hosts, the goalkeeper of the Russian team grossly violated the rules in his own penalty area, as a result of which he was expelled from the field by the referee.
The Russian footballers strongly disagreed with the referee's decision and argued with the referee for a long time, but were forced to accept it.
"Gerd" converted a penalty, after which he scored another goal, creating a comfortable, especially for playing in a numerical advantage, backlog. It was after the second goal of the Norwegian team, according to local media, that the main events unfolded that led to the scandal.
At some point, a remote player from the Russian team appeared on the field, rushing at his opponents with his fists, after which a real fistfight began on the lawn, which was stopped only after the intervention of law enforcement officers.
“A team with very large players played against us, who also acted very aggressively,” says Jorgen Llosa, one of the parents of the Gerd players.
After the removal in the third minute of the game, the opponents could not believe what had happened for a long time and did not continue the game. When it resumed and we scored the second goal, their remote player ran onto the field and the Russians began to beat our children with their hands and feet.
The referee approached their coach before the fight and asked to calm his players, but he just shrugged.
“I have never seen anything like it,” said Gerd head coach Trond Lervik.
We knew from other teams that we were going to face a very tough and sometimes rude opponent, but we could not even imagine that things would go so far. We are shocked by what happened."
As a result, the Gerd players left the field in protest, and the Russian delegation retreated when law enforcement officers appeared at the stadium.
At an emergency meeting of the children's association that holds the Norwegian Cup for teams under 14, it was decided to record a technical defeat with a score of 0:3 for the Russian team, as a result of which it is eliminated from the competition.
In addition, Cosmos was fined 2,000 crowns, which the Russian delegation must pay no later than August 5th.
At the time of publication of the material, the Russian Football Union declined to comment. Later, a RIA Novosti correspondent took a comment from the coach of the Russian team Yevgeny Yesikov, who presented his version of events. “In the second minute of the match, the goalkeeper was sent off because he wanted to knock the ball out of his hands, and a player from the other team stood in front of him. The referee decided that he wanted to hit the opponent. After that, on 15 minutes, the referee gave a yellow card to our player and told him to leave the field for 5 minutes. Take away from the field for 5 minutes for a yellow card? After that, we decided to take the team off the field. When our team left, one of the Norwegian players called our distant goalkeeper in English "Russian pig". He could not restrain himself and hit the Norwegian on the leg,” Yesikov said.
According to him, after that a fight broke out, in which two Norwegians and two Cosmos players took part. “After a couple of seconds, the parents of the Norwegian team intervened. We started beating our guys. As a result, we two coaches and some Norwegian parents separated them and dragged them away from the children. As a result, our adult goalkeeper broke his arm. They took him to the hospital, he has a crack in his hand, ”the Cosmos coach added.
