An amateur football player has been slapped with a five years ban in the French local league for biting an opponent’s pen!s during a post-match fight in France.
In a report by a local news website in Lorra ine, the incident happened a second division match between Soetrich and Terville ended in a 1-1 draw on Monday, November 17, 2019.
The two players from their respective clubs engaged in a fight in an attempt to separate the two, another Terville player joined.
The Soetrich player who was engulfed in the main fight took his rage on the peacemaker by bitting his pen!s.
It is reported that the bite was so severe that the victim has 10 stitches done for him which made him go for a break for about a week.
‘The events took place after the match, in the stadium car park. There was an altercation, an escalation and things got worse,’ said Emmanuel Saling of the Mosellan football district, adding that the blame was ‘more or less shared’.
Saling also said that because the ‘case was quite original’, the disciplinary committee had called an expert witness before deciding to suspend the Soetrich player for five years.
The injured Terville player was also suspended for six months for his part in the fight.
‘It’s quite rare to have sanctions of several years, there are less than 10 per year,’ Saling said. ‘The case was a bit saucy, but … there must have been some nasty tension, so the smiles on the disciplinary committee quickly faded.’
The publication also revealed that the two clubs were punished with two penalty points and a fine of 200 euros ‘for failing to meet their safety obligations’ and ‘for the lack of reaction from club officials when the fight broke out.’
