In the early morning of January 16, Beijing time, the 1/8 final of the Copa del Rey, The game of Real Betis at home to Sevilla took place in an outrageous scene.
First, to review the game, in the 34th minute, Oliver Torres assisted and Alejandro Gomez scored to help Sevilla back-attack and take a 1-0 lead!
In the 39th minute, Fekir took a corner kick on the right and the ball flew over the goalkeeper's head and swung directly into the far corner of the goal! 1-1, Real Betis equalised! According to statistics, he is the first La Liga player in all competitions this season to score directly from a corner.
Just as the Real Betis players rushed to the corner to celebrate, an accident occurred. Home fans began throwing debris from the stands, and a flagpole fell from the sky, hitting Sevilla player Haldane in the head. The referee, who witnessed the whole process, immediately blew the game to a halt. After being examined by the team doctor, Haldane staggered back to the locker room with the support of the staff. Judging from subsequent reports, this should be a PVC tube about half a meter long.
Subsequently, the Spanish Football Association officially announced that due to the existence of violence, the match was cut off. In order to avoid further escalation, while Haldane was being taken to the hospital for further detailed examination, the Sevilla general boarded the bus and left.
Sevilla and Real Betis, the names of the two teams put together are the famous "Andalusian derby" in football. A hundred years ago, two teams erected signs on both sides of the Guadalquivir River. Since their founding, they have all had a glorious resume on the throne of La Liga. When playing separately, no La Liga club can take their presence lightly; when they are in the same place, verbal insults, denigration, confrontation and even fist-and-foot clashes become commonplace. In a sense, the popularity of this derby even exceeds that of the "national derby".
In the 2006/07 season, the quarter-final of the Copa del Rey, before the match, the two sides staged an all-out trip in the box without a word. In the 2017/18 season, the two sides met in the second leg of La Liga, and the fans of the two teams fought after the game, resulting in 1 injury hospitalization and 24 arrests.