Referee hit by object in Universitatea Craiova's defeat to Honved

Published on: 01 August 2019

Referee Arnold Hunter was struck by an object thrown from the crowd

A Europa League qualifying match was suspended for more than 30 minutes after a Northern Irish referee was hit by an object thrown from the crowd.

Hungarian side Honved said the "scandalous" scenes during the match against Romanian outfit Universitatea Craiova should have seen it called off.

A brawl broke out between players in the last minute of extra time and a smoke bomb was thrown from the stands.

Referee Arnold Hunter was struck by an object and needed treatment.

An ambulance arrived on the pitch and the match did not restart for more than half an hour.

The fourth official then took charge and when the game resumed Craiova won 3-1 on penalties to reach the third qualifying round.

Honved said in a statement that the delay took place while referees, Uefa delegates and club representatives discussed whether it should be called off.

"What was unacceptable to our club was what happened at the end of the meeting to put the referee or our players at risk," the statement added.

    Line-ups

Line-ups

Universitatea Craiova

    13Pigliacelli

    6Kelic

    5VatajeluBooked at 59minsSubstituted forIonitaat 63'minutesBooked at 111mins

    10Cicaldau

    8Mateiu

    7RomanSubstituted fordos Santos Fortesat 94'minutesBooked at 120mins

    11BancuBooked at 93mins

    21IvanovSubstituted forQakaat 75'minutes

    27MarticSubstituted forBriceagat 13'minutes

    26Acka

    22Barbut

Substitutes

    1Popescu

    2Canelas Almeida Ferreira

    3Briceag

    9dos Santos Fortes

    14Qaka

    23Constantin

    31Ionita

Budapest Honvéd

    1LevkovicSubstituted forBerlaat 40'minutes

    7BatikBooked at 120mins

    23Banó-Szabó

    5MorettiBooked at 52minsSubstituted forUzomaat 73'minutes

    24KamberBooked at 115mins

    11KulachSubstituted forN'Gogat 78'minutes

    31Kesztyus

    88Ikenne

    25LovricBooked at 23mins

    40MoutariBooked at 57mins

    33KukocBooked at 33minsSubstituted forNgwa Nibaat 92'minutes

Substitutes

    3Uzoma

    4Kalnoki Kis

    22Majer

    26Ngwa Niba

    66Berla

    67Egerszegi

    89N'Gog

Referee:

Arnold Hunter

Source: bbc.com

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