Gas Air Mata Hentikan Laga Celta Vigo - Villareal di El Madrigal

Villarreal`s Game with Celta Vigo Suspended as Tear Gas is Thrown on to Pitch

Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Gas Air Mata Hentikan Laga Celta Vigo - Villareal di El Madrigal
Tim tamu memimpin skor 1-0 saat laga terhenti setelah gol hasil Fabian Orellana (Foto2: Mail Online)

LAGA Villarreal dalam La Liga di kandang Celta Vigo dihentikan sesaat sebelum peluit akhir dan tertunda sekitar setengah jam, setelah tembakan gas air mata ke tengah lapangan pada Sabtu.

Celta memimpin laga 1-0 di Madrigal dan sekitar tiga menit waktu tersisa ketika tabung dilontarkan, yang kata media lokal mengandung gas air mata, jatuh di dekat gawang tim tamu dan melontarkan asap putih yang pekat.

Kedua kesebelasan, beberapa di antaranya terkena gas air mata, segera keluar lapangan dan para pendukung kedua tim pun berlarian cari selamat, seraya menutupi mulut dan hidung mereka untuk menghindar.

Kiper Celta, Yoel Rodriguez terlihat kabur meninggalkan gawangnya seraya mengucek-ucek matanya.

Tim tamu memimpin skor 1-0 saat laga terhenti setelah gol hasil Fabian Orellana.

Laga pun dimulai lagi dan pemain Celta, Manuel Agudo mencetak gol dari tendangan bebas di menit ke-90 untuk memberikan kemenangan bagi tim tamu dengan skor 2-0.

Presiden Villarreal Fernando Roig mengatakan polisi sedang mencari pelaku pelempar bom. Dia mengaku bahwa bom asap yang dilontarkan dari perangkat tertentu mirip dengan yang digunakan oleh polisi.

´Villarreal mengutuk dan menyesalkan apa yang telah terjadi, "kata Roig. ´Tindakan mereka tidak mewakili perilaku penggemar kami, yang tenang dan terkendali. Saya yakin bahwa hal ini dilakukan oleh oknum yang bertujuan menyudutkan Villarreal.´

Gelandang Villarreal Bruno Soriano menambahkan, "Kejadian ini tidak dapat terjadi di tempat kami. Saya berharap para pelakunya dapat dibekuk.´

Pelatih Celta dan mantan pemain Barcelona Luis Enrique mengatakan ia belum pernah mengalami hal seperti itu dalam permainan sebelumnya.

"Semua orang berpikir itu adalah flare, tetapi ketika kita melihat mata (kiper) Yoel (Rodriguez), yang memerah, kami segera menyadari bahwa itu sesuatu yang lebih berbahaya," katanya. "Ini seharusnya tidak pernah terjadi."

Kekalahan tersebut menempatkan Villarreal di tempat kelima, empat poin di belakang empat tim yang berhak maju ke final Liga Champions.

VILLAREAL´S La Liga match at home to Celta Vigo was halted shortly before the final whistle and delayed by about half an hour after what appeared to be a tear gas canister was thrown on to the pitch on Saturday.

Celta were leading 1-0 at the Madrigal and there were about three minutes left when the canister, which local media said contained tear gas, landed near the visitors´ goal and began spewing out a thick cloud of white smoke.

Both sets of players, some of whom were clearly suffering from the effects of the gas, retreated inside the stadium and fans quickly left the ground, with many covering their mouths and noses and in obvious distress.

Celta goalkeeper Yoel Rodriguez was seen running away from the smoke rubbing his eyes.

The visitors were leading 1-0 when the game was interrupted after Fabian Orellana´s score in the

The game was restarted and Celta´s Manuel Agudo scored off a free kick in the 90th minute to give the visitors a 2-0 victory.

Villarreal president Fernando Roig said police are looking for the person who threw the bomb. He said the device had released tear gas and was similar to ones used by police.

´Villarreal condemns and laments what has happened,´ Roig said. ´This type of act in no way represents our fan base, which is calm and controlled. I am convinced that this was done by someone who came from outside to hurt Villarreal.´

Villarreal midfielder Bruno Soriano added, ´These things can´t happen in our house. I hope the person is found.´

Celta coach and former Barcelona player Luis Enrique said he had never experienced anything like it in a game before.

´Everyone thought it was a flare, but when we saw (goalkeeper) Yoel (Rodriguez´s) eyes, which were bright red, we immediately realized that it was something more dangerous,´ he said. ´This should never have happened.´

The loss left Villarreal in fifth place, four points behind the final Champions League spot.