Football shock: Demolition game is rated 3-0 after racism slat!

Football shock: Demolition game is rated 3-0 after racism slat!

A scandalous incident overshadowed the second division game between Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz and FC Liefering, which was canceled on Saturday due to racist insults. According to information from Vol.at , the visiting team left the place in the 90th minute, at 0: 2. The trigger was a racist insult from a viewer who, according to the league, was identified as "mentally impaired". This resulted in the referee forced to end the game prematurely, which ultimately led to the official evaluation of the game 3-0 for Bregenz. The decision was announced on Monday by the criminal senate.

rapid action against racism

The Austrian Bundesliga emphasized the importance of clear measures against racist incidents in its statement. After the incident, Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz reacted immediately by identifying the viewer and referring to the stadium, at the same time there was a clear distance via stadium announcements and social media. Bregenz sports director Predrag Zivanovic expressed that racism had no place in their club and stadium and that they would have liked a different termination of the game.

The incident also had consequences for the viewer, who not only noticed in Bregenz, but also in the past with other clubs. Today.at reported that a stadium ban was pronounced for both the remaining games in Bregenz and for the newly designed stadium in Lustenau. The league once again illustrated its commitment in the fight against racism by emphasizing that every incident was taken seriously and that the clubs have to work actively on creating a safe environment for everyone involved.