Brescia-Cosenza, 0-3 at the table and two matches behind closed doors

Loss of the match 0-3 at the table and two matches to be played behind closed doors. This is the decision of the sports judge against the Brescia after what happened in the final seconds of the return match of the Serie B play-out against Cosenza played last June 1 at Rigamonti. After the Calabrians equalized in the 95th minute, a goal that decreed Brescia’s relegation to Serie C, the home fans threw several smoke bombs onto the pitch and then invaded the pitch. The referee Massa suspended the match and the teams returned to the locker rooms, the forces of order tried to restore calm but subsequently, on the instructions of the head of public order, the match director whistled the end of the match.

The judge “having regard to the referee’s report in which it was reported that: at the 52nd minute of the second half the match was temporarily suspended due to the throwing of at least ten smoke bombs on the pitch, after the aforementioned throwing some Brescia supporters invaded the pitch of play forcing the match officials and the players of the two clubs to return to the changing rooms, after about 20/25 minutes the match director returned to the field of play and, speaking with the Head of Public Order, who communicated that there were the safety conditions to resume, he definitively suspended the match; having also seen the report of the collaborators of the federal prosecutor’s office which, among other things, reported that, in the areas adjacent to the stadium, there were clashes between the forces of the order and the supporters of Brescia, which caused the injury of some fans, representatives of the forces of order and stewards, as well as the damage of three police cars and two of the Carabinieri, so much so that only late at night did the match officials and the members of the two companies were able to leave the playing field”.

The judge also stopped four players for one match: three matches for Karacic (Brescia) and Rigione (Cosenza), one each for Labojko (Brescia) and Voca (Cosenz