The Fiorentina captain was hit in the head by projectiles thrown by West Ham fans. His club calls for an exemplary sanction from UEFA.
Fiorentina demanded an “exemplary” penalty on Thursday after captain Cristiano Biraghi suffered a head injury in the Europa League Conference final on Wednesday, due to a cup thrown by West Ham fans.
The match, won by the English (2-1) in Prague, was stopped a few minutes after half an hour. As he was about to take a corner, Biraghi was hit in the back of the skull by goblets plastic bags thrown by West Ham fans. The player, in blood, had been treated on the ground and the game had resumed.
This injury required the laying of “eight stitches” after the match on the head of the Italian player, who was then at the origin of the first English goal by causing a penalty, underlined Fiorentina in a press release.
«This unacceptable behavior obviously affected the performance of the player and his partners, whose concentration was diverted from sporting affairs by the threats to their own safety.“Adds the Florentine club.
«The club is confident that UEFA will carefully assess the situation and punish this gesture as it deserves and in the most exemplary way possible, so that situations of this type do not happen again.“, concludes the Viola.
