Real Madrid Partizan, brawl on the pitch between the players during game 2 of the Euroleague

A real uproar that erupted at the end of Real Madrid vs Partizan Belgradegame 2 of the play-off quarterfinals of Euroleague. A brawl involving players and benches from the two teams and which forced the referees to end the match early. The penalties will be very harsh.

Llull hits Punter and a fight breaks out

It all happens 1’40” from the end of a game that Partizan – already victorious in game 1 – is clearly leading (95-80). Sergio Llull intervenes harshly Kevin Punter, the former Virtus reacts, his teammates intervene, they get up from the benches. In an instant it is chaos. The players come to blows, Guerschon YabuseleReal’s French winger, takes by the neck from behind Dante Exum of Partizan, throws him to the ground. Shoves, kicks, punches, several seconds pass before finally a minimum of serenity returns. The referees declare the game over, the players go back to the locker room. Exum has the worst, broken toe tendon “but Yabusele could have broken his spine” shouted the Partizan doctor.

Fears for race 3 in Belgrade

The fear now is for next Tuesday, when game 3 will be played in Belgrade. “I think what happened is not good for basketball – said the Partizan coach -. From now on I will try to calm all the people of Belgrade. I want people to talk about basketball, I don’t want to talk about this. I have friends here and great respect for everyone. When we get to Belgrade, I will try to calm down all the people who are welcoming Real Madrid. I will not allow them to do nothing. You have to look at who started it and why it started. You have to control your emotions and not react. And when you react, what happened happened”.

The Euroleague approves the result

Euroleague approved the result and condemned what happened on the parquet. “The second match of the playoff series between Real Madrid and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade was stopped on Thursday with 1 minute and 40 seconds left when there was an altercation on the pitch involving most of the players and staff from the two benches – the statement reads – When the sanctions were applied by the referees to the players who participated in the fight on the pitch and to those automatically sent off for leaving the bench area, neither team had the required minimum of two players each to finish the match, so the match was considered officially finished with the score at that moment of 80-95 in favor of Partizan, which therefore now leads the series 2-0”. It’s still. “Euroleague Basketball has referred the reported facts to the Independent Disciplinary Judge of Euroleague Basketball, who will issue a decision on the incidents on the court in accordance with the established procedure, within the next 24 hours. Euroleague Basketball strongly condemns the events that occurred at the end of the game. Such events do not represent the values ​​of respect that bind its clubs and promote the sport of basketball”.