The Bundesliga match between Union Berlin and Bochum was halted for practically half an hour after the latter workforce’s goalkeeper was struck by an object thrown from the gang.
Patrick Drewes was hit by what gave the impression to be a lighter as he ready to take a goal-kick in second-half stoppage time of the 1-1 draw between the 2 sides at Union’s Stadion An der Alten Forsterei on Saturday.
The match was stopped whereas Drewes recieved medical consideration earlier than referee Martin Petersen suspended the sport and ordered each units of gamers to the dressing room.
The sport has restarted, however nobody is making an effort to attain. I’ve by no means seen something like this earlier than.
— VfL Bochum 1848 (@VfLBochum1848EN) December 14, 2024
The 2 groups finally returned to the sphere however with Drewes unfit to proceed, Bochum had been compelled to place striker Philipp Hofmann in aim as a result of they’d already used all their allotted substitutions.
After play resumed, neither workforce made any try to attempt to win the sport and as an alternative opted to go the ball between themselves to run down the clock.
Hofmann mentioned after the sport that each units of gamers had “agreed to not play on”, and mentioned the incident “isn’t OK in any respect”.
Ilja #Kaenzig after #FCUBOC:
In our view, the referee ought to have known as off the sport. That didn’t occur. We introduced that we’d end the sport below protest. We are going to lodge an enchantment on Monday. pic.twitter.com/uspodGQ0EI
— VfL Bochum 1848 (@VfLBochum1848EN) December 15, 2024
A Union spokesman mentioned the individual chargeable for throwing the article “had been recognized and handed over to the police”, whereas the membership’s sporting director, Horst Heldt, added: “It might be a mistake guilty the entire membership or the followers for the motion of 1 particular person.”
Ilja Kaenzig, Bochum’s managing director, mentioned the membership can be interesting the choice to not abandon the sport, and claimed they need to have been awarded all three factors after being left at a “sporting drawback”.
