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PSV Eindhoven hosted Sevilla in their second match of a home and away ‘tie’ during the Europa League tournament, soccer‘s second-tier club tournament behind the Champions League.
PSV actually dominated the match and beat Sevilla 2-0 but Sevilla had won the first match 3-0 so they advanced to the next round of Europa League play on a 3-2 goal aggregate over the two matches.
Despite PSV Eindhoven putting up a fight against Sevilla, it was a literal fight between a Europa League pitch invader and Sevilla’s Serbian goalkeeper that stole the headlines.
Sevilla’s Marko Dmitrovic was approached by the Europa League pitch invader who threw a punch at the 31-year-old keeper before Dmitrovic straight-up dropped him to the ground as other players rushed to his side.
Un aficionado del PSV ha saltado a agredir a Dimitrovic, partido del Sevilla en plena disputa del partido, surrealista. pic.twitter.com/7El1HI6Zvk
— Rodríguez (@RodriguezRMCF) February 23, 2023
PSV Eindhoven plays in the Dutch Eredivisie league where they currently sit in 4th place. It is unclear if the Europa League pitch invader was a local fan, a traveler, or what their situation is.
What is clear is nobody… Not a single person on the field was having any of that nonsense. That person got dropped like a bad habit and removed quickly.
There have been some wild behavioral displays on the soccer pitch lately. Just last week, a team in The Congo attacked a ref, chased him down, and punched and kicked the ref after an incendiary penalty decision.