More than one fan is solving what happened on Saturday (and no, no one cares about the 1:6 result). The described behavior of home officials and fans smacks of a huge mess. The young referee Matyáš Hanzlík faced literal ill will, according to the minutes and witnesses. He caught the blow with his fist, he was threatened with death.
Kicks and death threats. Football was like that in Chodov
And now to the merits of the matter: the case was immediately dealt with by the disciplinary commission and, due to the filing of a criminal complaint, by the police.
Both proceedings are independent of each other, the worlds of football and the classic court do not intermingle, at least to begin with. They have only one thing in common: in both planes there is a threat of truly draconian punishments.
Possible penalties for the club
The first hit is the club – Jižní Město Chodov. The end of it is also possible, even if only theoretically. Extinction, collapse.
Don’t you believe? Here’s how it goes: there was a breach of duty by the organizing club in the match. And the Football Association’s disciplinary rules allow the commission to hand out a wide variety of punishments for this. Stadium closure, spectator ban or fine. However, the fine can be as much as one thousand crowns or up to ten million crowns!
Chodov would not be able to pay such an amount. Like several clubs before it, it would have to go out of business.
Case of scandalous assault: The referee will be “rewarded” by Slavia, the police will take over the matter
Everyone is curious about the conclusion of the meeting of the Prague Football Association, whose members will meet on Thursday afternoon. “I expect that the verdicts will be harsh, they will protect football and discourage anyone who would like to use such brutality in any competition,” said the head of the association, Petr Fousek.
And if by any chance they didn’t manage their role in the metropolis, Michal Valtr, the second man of Czech football, is here. The Secretary General can file an appeal in serious offences. This has also happened in the past.
An apology is not an excuse
By the way, Chodov’s representatives brandish the claim that the story told to the referee did not happen. “The events described do not correspond to the actual course of the incident. Nevertheless, on our part, this unpleasant and inexcusable situation is reprehensible,” they wrote.
So much for their apology – no apology.
Other punishments are considered for individual persons who should have attacked the referee and the delegate. Here the disciplinary code mentions the following: “physical assault is punishable by a reprimand, a ban on activity for up to one year, a ban on entering the stadium for up to five years, a ban on participation in all activities connected with the activities of the FAČR for up to five years, an activity beneficial to football or a fine of up to up to CZK 50,000”.
The referee was afraid for his life, the football player was chasing him in the car. The police are also dealing with the scandal
In translation: theoretically, the sinner would lose any football – he wouldn’t even get to the national team match.
And if it were found that the aggressor was a football player, there would be a fine of up to 250,000 crowns and a ten-year ban.
Police investigation
While punishment can be expected quickly in football, the case can reach a constitutional authority – a judge – in a few months or years. And he doesn’t even have to get there. It also depends on how the investigators evaluate the incident.
If he confirms the events described by the referee (and manages to identify the attacker), the passage from the introduction is threatened. Pankrác. Prison.
For disorderly conduct, the court can send the culprit to prison for up to three years. Threatening has an annual rate (two years with a weapon).
For completeness (and correctness). If the referee – purely by chance – made everything up, he too faces a penalty. In the case of defamation, the law allows imprisonment for two years.
