Match Delegate: Sá Pinto provoked altercation – Aftonbladet

Gothenburg. The former Portuguese Grand player Sá Pinto hånattack against IFK Gothenburg leader is notified to UEFA.

– Sá Pinto provoked the fight. I have with it in my report says UEFA match delegate Alin Cioban.

– There are some crazy people everywhere, says coach Jörgen Lennartsson.

In the second half would start got IFK Göteborg player to stand and wait for a while on the field without opponents.

The reason was that the Belgian referee Jonathan Lardot rebuked Portuguese Belenenses coach, former captain and coach Ricardo Sá Pinto.

– He got a sharp reprimand from the judge in half. That was why it was a little delayed. They told him that he had to calm down and change their behavior. It did not help, says Jörgen Lennartsson.

When Belenenses via a 2-1 victory at home last week and then 0-0 on Thursday night at Gamla Ullevi made it in the Europa League qualifiers celebrated Sá Pinto by mock IFK leaders.

– At the final whistle it was lot of gestures and generally very bad behavior, both in terms of vocabulary and body language towards me. It’s fascinating to their entire staff has apologized for the behavior.

– I have never ever been involved in ten players of the opposing team arrives afterwards and apologize for his own coach’s behavior, says Jörgen Lennartsson .

“Boiled in my head”

Not only Lennartsson was heading toward Sá Pinto to make up. Even assistant coach Alf Westerberg had to be kept away by other IFK are.

– Sá Pinto showed his true self. It is clean svinerier what he does, says Alf Westerberg.

What did you do to him in that situation?

– I can not say. But it burned to sharply at me. Sá Pinto came running towards us like the madman he is.

Portuguese claims that his action was not directed against IFK Gothenburg’s leadership team.

– When the referee blew off, just as we would do goals, cooked it in my head says Sá Pinto.

Belenensestränaren risk severe punishment because of their actions.

“Sá Pinto who provoked the altercation”

Sá Pinto was rebuked by the judge in regular time. Both Judge Jonathan Lardot and Romanian match delegate Alin Cioban reports Sá Pinto’s actions to UEFA.

– There was a brawl after the final whistle because of the coach in the away team. The coach which provoked the coach of the home team, but there was not any violence.

– I have included the incident in my report to UEFA. It was so Pinto who provoked the altercation, said Cioban Sportbladet.

Will he be punished?

– It is not me who decides. It also depends on what the judge wrote in his report. But the judge and I have discussed what happened together, saith the match delegate Alin Cioban.