Sevilla Player Hit in Head By Spear-Shaped Object Thrown from Crowd, Match Suspended
Today's Copa del Rey match between Sevilla and Betis was suspended with the teams knotted at one after a disturbing fan incident. Shortly after the home team scored an equalizer, a fan inside Benito Villamarín Stadium launched a spear-like object from the stands. The object struck Sevilla midfielder Joan Jordan in the head, knocking him to the ground.
The moment when the substance thrown at Joan Jordan hit the player in the Real Betis and Sevilla derby during during Betis' goal celebration.#RealBetisSevillaFC #CopaDelRey #ElGranDerbi pic.twitter.com/MzSkNQgAOn
— Noxwin (@noxwin12) January 15, 2022
Terrible image de Jordan se prenant une barre en pleine tête… #CopaDelRey #Betis #sevilla #betissevilla pic.twitter.com/J7NbA8Z4Ko
— MPGLaurent (@MPGLaurent) January 15, 2022
Whatever it was spanned about 3 feet in length and had at least one sharp, jagged edge. For as bad this looks, things could have been much, much worse had it landed on a different rotation and in a different location.
¡NI ALLÁ SE SALVAN ?!
— Residentes del Fútbol (@residentefutbol) January 15, 2022
El juego entre Real Betis y Sevilla correspondiente a la Copa del Rey, se suspendió de manera momentánea debido a que los aficionados del Betis le lanzaron este objeto a Joan Jordán (futbolista del Sevilla) cuando celebraba el gol del empate.#RF #RFEF pic.twitter.com/HMLmSmeGOf
It's not the first example of horrific fan behavior and it won't be the last, but the mind reels trying to remember a moment when people's initial thought during a sporting event was that a player had been taken down by a spear. One understands why the desire to play soccer in such a dangerous atmosphere wouldn't be alluring. Whomever is responsible just booked themselves into a world of trouble.