Betis stadium closed for three matches

Real Betis' Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium has been closed for three matches as punishment for the infamous bottle-throwing incident that saw Sevilla boss Juande Ramos knocked unconscious and taken to hospital during the recent Seville derby.

Betis' next three home games pits them against Real Zaragoza, Villarreal and Real Sociedad but it is not yet clear whether these will be the games in which the sanctions are to be imposed upon.

The RFEF (The Spanish Football Federation) are also to investigate the conduct of the clubs' respective presidents before Wednesday's game, in relation to the government's anti-violence commission.

"The attitudes, statements and conduct of the directors and those responsible at both clubs have contributed to the raised tension between the rival fans," the anti-violence commission said in a statement.

"They cannot be disassociated from the serious incidents that occurred on the day of the game.

"We ask the RFEF to open an urgent investigation into the level of responsibility the two sets of directors could have had for what occurred."

This isn't the end of it...it'll drag on through all the courts.

"The attitudes, statements and conduct of the directors and those responsible at both clubs have contributed to the raised tension between the rival fans," the anti-violence commission said in a statement.

"They cannot be disassociated from the serious incidents that occurred on the day of the game.

Does anyone knows what happened exactly?

Basically, in the days building up to the game, there was a lot of inflammatory comments from both clubs' presidents. One particularly irresponsible quote from the Betis president was "we can't guarantee what will happen to them when they come here on Wednesday" or something along those lines. I can't remember too many specifics about the rest.

kas wrote:Basically, in the days building up to the game, there was a lot of inflammatory comments from both clubs' presidents. One particularly irresponsible quote from the Betis president was "we can't guarantee what will happen to them when they come here on Wednesday" or something along those lines. I can't remember too many specifics about the rest.

Tx. Yeah that's what I tought. Things like that are inevitable, especially when there are two competitive teams from the same city.
How's Luis Fernandes doing? They were in the relegation zone when he first arrived, now they have gone up a bit and are now 14th. Can't believe Bilbao is 18th

Yeah he's turned Betis around, they've gotten good results against us, Madrid, and in all their other games. Bilbao have always been hovering around the relegation zone...I think they'll manage to survive though.