Fan Banned 40 Years For Storming Pitch, Punching Player During Europa League Match

The fan who stormed the pitch and attacked a participant throughout a Europa League match final month has been hit with an enormous ban … with Dutch membership PSV asserting the intruder is persona non grata for the following 40 YEARS.

Remember, the spectator interrupted the PSV vs. Sevilla match at Philips Stadium within the Netherlands on Feb. 23 … when he ran onto the sphere and punched Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović within the face.

PSV mentioned in a press release the offender — at the moment serving a two-month jail sentence — is just not solely banned from the membership for 4 a long time, however he is additionally forbidden from coming into the realm across the stadium for 2 years … and is dealing with a attainable fantastic imposed by UEFA.

PSV additionally added that the 20-year-old man ought to have by no means been allowed to enter the stadium to start with … as he was already serving a ban for a previous incident, however he was in a position to get via the gates with a good friend’s ticket.

Of course, jail time and a 40-year ban wasn’t the one factor the man walked away with — he additionally obtained his ass beat, as Dmitrović leveled him with one punch after the ambush, dropping him to the bottom.

The intruder tried to place up a combat … however safety, with assist from gamers from each side, was in a position to escort him off the sphere.