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Got a beer can in the head – punished after scandalous scenes

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Honduras has been punished after Mexico’s national team manager was hit by a beer can.

  • Henrik Davidsen Hellevik, VG

The blood flowed from the head of Mexico’s national team manager, Javier Aguirre, after he was hit by a beer can after the fight against Honduras in ConfacafConfacafThe Regional Football Association for North and Central America and the Caribbean. edition of the Nations League night to Saturday.

Now Honduras must have received its punishment after the scandalous scenes. According to BBC the national team will have to play its next home game in front of empty stands.

Concacaf, the North and Central American football confederation, is said to have punished Honduras for «lack of implementation of adequate security measures at the stadium».

– The Disciplinary Committee has also fined Honduras’ football association and warned them that stricter sanctions may be imposed if similar incidents occur during future matches, states Concacaf.

The blood flowed from the head of Mexico's national team manager Javier Aguirre.

Mexico’s football confederation was not at all as lenient in its wording:

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– That kind of behavior has no place in our sport. We demand that Concacaf act immediately. Football should be a party, not a war zone, they say.

Aguirre’s colleague in Honduras, Reinaldo Rueda, distanced himself from what happened:

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– I want to apologize to Aguirre and the rest of the Mexican delegation. It ruins the party. Such an incident is really very regrettable, Rueda said after the match tudn.com.

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Concacaf also states that they are investigating «a separate disciplinary case regarding the behavior of Javier Aguirre during the said match».

The return match between the teams will be played on the night of November 20. The winner of the quarter-finals qualifies for the Concacaf Gold Cup in Canada and the USA in 2025.

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