Serious incident in an U-10 league match: insults and violence with a slap and a kick to the crotch, and finally public accusations between the two clubs
On Sunday, there were almost 10,000 spectators in the Stožice Arena, passions were high, but 152. the eternal derby between
Olympia
and
Maribor
passed without any major and noteworthy incidents. Unfortunately, the same is not true for last weekend’s game in the U-10 league. Ihan and Svoboda Kisovec played against each other, and the match was unfortunately marred by a physical altercation between two visitors to the young boys’ match.
We wish your father a speedy recovery
“The father of one of our children was physically attacked by a fan of the home team and had to seek medical help after the unpleasant incident,” the management of NK Svoboda Kisovec said and continued.There must be zero tolerance of such incidents in football, especially in the younger selections. Football is played for and by children, and it is up to parents to encourage and support their children, and to be proud of and set an example for their children through their actions. Being part of the game of football is much more than just playing football, this wonderful sport. Football is co-created by everyone – players, coaches, referees and parents. Violence must have no place in the world of football, because it will lose its magic power. All players must be aware at all times that such events cast a bad light on sport, which educates, teaches for life and is much more than just a leisure activity. We wish your father a speedy recovery.”
Children are insulted and humiliated
However, NK Ihan quickly reacted and firmly rejected all the accusations.We would like to inform you that the accusation against our club and the parents of our players is not true and has not been verified! The Club strongly condemns any violent behaviour, whether physical or verbal, as well as any unsporting behaviour. All present can confirm that the parent from Svoboda from Kisovec insulted the referee, the coach and worst of all our children (U-10) during the whole match. Children were subjected to insults and humiliation that would have shocked adults. However, the common sense limit was crossed when the parent in question walked up to the home fans with intent and provoked violence by slapping and kicking the crotch of the parent on our side, to which our parent reflexively pushed away the away fan who caused the incident and where the story ended. We report that the parent did not require an ambulance, nor did the police need to intervene. We demand an official apology from Svoboda s Kisovca and the withdrawal of the posts that unfairly attack and defame our club and our members.”
They are saddened by the response from Ihana
A little later, Svoboda responded again with another announcement: “We are saddened by the reaction of the Ihan Football Club, because in our previous post we did not accuse the club itself or other parents of children. We are aware that no club can be held responsible for the actions of its fans. In particular, we wanted to underline our position on similar events in sport. In fact, the father of our player had to seek medical help at the Trbovlje NMP, from where the incident was reported to the authorities. NK Svoboda Kisovec will convene a meeting on this topic later this week to further verify all the information and leave the rest to the responsible institutions.“
This text was automatically translated using AI.