Incident ends in the hospital
Attack on disabled fans after football game
17.02.2025 – 4:26 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After a football game in Spain, unsightly scenes occurred on Saturday. Two fans of the home team were physically attacked. The club now took a position.
The 1-1 win against FC Valencia on Saturday evening in the Spanish La Liga was a tough damping for FC Villarreal in the fight for the Champions League ranks. As the fifth in the table, the “yellow submarine” is now four points behind fourth place that Athletic Bilbao occupies, the last place, which entitles you to the premier class.
However, the club affects the club much worse than the sporting setback, which apparently occurred after the game. Villarreal released a statement on his website on Sunday. In it the club announced that after the game against Valencia, two disabled fans of the home team were physically attacked near the Estadio de la Cerámica. Both would then have to go to the hospital.
One of the followers plays according to the team for the team for intellectual disabilities of Villarreal. He spent the night under observation “to undergo an examination for bruises,” it said. The other fan was brought to the General de Castellón Hospital. There he remains “with a complete jaw fracture”.
The Spanish first division team emphasized that he condemned any form of violence. This has not to be found in football and society. With those affected, they are in constant contact and want to assure them of supporting the club.
“The association also works with the national police and will use all the funds available to identify the attackers,” Villarreal concluded the statement.
Meanwhile, FC Valencia also condemned violence against the two fans. The authorities also want to make themselves available. The club also announced consequences “in the event that the attacker is identified as members of our association”. The expected punishment would then be “the hardest sanction”, said FC Valencia, namely a ban on stadium.