Sporting keeper kicked in the face on the pitch: his eyebrow split open | OneFootball

The East Mallorca Cup tournament, at under-15 level, was marked by violent incidents in the match between Sporting and Penya Arrabal. Six players were sent off, three from each team, after clashes at the end of the game. One of the spectators described what happened and spoke of the lions’ goalkeeper being kicked.

"There were Sporting kids who reacted to the opponents’ provocations. There were two or three, and those two or three were fine. However, there were another two or three who went to help a teammate, in this case the goalkeeper, who fell to the ground and was kicked by four or five members of the opposing team. As a result, his eyebrow was split open," he told the newspaper 'Record'.

The chaos spread beyond the pitch, involving family members: "There were parents of the opposing players who jumped onto the field. Here, in Spain, things are very difficult. The organization didn’t have many resources, there was only one referee and, already at half-time, the coaches of both teams had argued with each other. The organization only had one or two people there. There were no police or anything."

The tense atmosphere was intensified by the locals: "Since one of the teams was from the island, it had loads of people supporting it, with a strong presence of fathers, grandparents, mothers, cousins and uncles. The atmosphere got heated like that because of the coaches and some of the parents present," he reported.

The East Mallorca Cup released a statement reinforcing its position: the organization showed "total intolerance and rejection regarding the violent incidents that occurred on one of the pitches", describing the behavior observed as "completely unacceptable".

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