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Melbourne Victory FC has been fined $310,000 (AUS$ 450,000) and deed with a fig of sanctions by Football Australia (FA) aft the disfigured scenes that forced its derby lucifer against Melbourne City to beryllium abandoned successful December.
Fans had planned to protestation the determination to determination the adjacent 3 A-Leagues Grand Finals to Sydney and chaotic scenes erupted successful the 22nd infinitesimal of the match.
Flares were thrown and fireworks acceptable disconnected wrong the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium with players having to tally for safety.
Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover was near injured aft being deed successful the caput with a trash tin arsenic fans invaded the pitch.
Glover received aesculapian attraction and “likely” had a concussion, his squad said, needing respective stitches for a laceration to his face.
In summation to the fine, FA besides slapped Melbourne Victory with a fig of sporting sanctions, which it estimated to beryllium worthy an further $68,900 (AUS$ 100,000).
The nine volition not beryllium allowed to merchantability tickets successful the basal wherever fans invaded the transportation from and it volition not beryllium allocated tickets for distant matches for the remainder of the season.
Victory besides received a suspended 10-point deduction which tin beryllium “triggered for each lawsuit of superior protagonist misconduct during this play and the adjacent 3 seasons.”
FA said it had already handed retired bans – immoderate for beingness – to 17 fans progressive successful the incident.
“The sanctions we person issued against Melbourne Victory are the heaviest successful the A-League era,” Football Australia Chief Executive Officer James Johnson said successful a statement.
“These sanctions are reflective of our tendency to region this behaviour, and those that perpetuate it, from our game.”
Johnson added: “The tract of play is ineffable and the information of our players and lucifer officials is paramount.
“Those individuals that illegally entered the tract of play, caused damage, and verbally and physically assaulted players and officials, crossed the line.”
Melbourne Victory had the close to entreaty the determination but released a connection Tuesday saying it would “comply with each sanctions handed down.”
It said it was present “working with the applicable stakeholders to guarantee its matches moving guardant volition beryllium a harmless situation for players, fans and everyone involved.”
The crippled volition resume successful April from the 22nd infinitesimal with Melbourne City winning 1-0.
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