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The Bundesliga match between Union Berlin and Bochum was stopped for almost half an hour after the latter team’s goalkeeper was hit by an object thrown from the crowd.
Patrick Drewes was hit by what appeared to be a lighter as he prepared to take a goal kick in second-half injury time of the 1-1 draw between the two teams at Union’s Stadion An der Alten Forsterei on Saturday.
The match was stopped while Drewes received medical attention before referee Martin Petersen suspended play and ordered both groups of players to the locker room.
The game has restarted, but no one tries to score. I had never seen anything like this before.
— VfL Bochum 1848 (@VfLBochum1848EN) December 14, 2024
The two teams eventually returned to the field, but with Drewes unable to continue, Bochum were forced to put striker Philipp Hofmann in goal because they had already used all of their allocated substitutions.
After play resumed, neither team made any attempt to win the game and instead opted to pass the ball between themselves to run out the time.
Hofmann said after the match that both groups of players had “agreed not to continue playing” and called the incident “not good at all.”
In our opinion, the referee should have suspended the match. That didn’t happen. We announced that we would end the game under protest. We will file an appeal on Monday. pic.twitter.com/uspodGQ0EI
— VfL Bochum 1848 (@VfLBochum1848EN) December 15, 2024
A union spokesman said the person responsible for throwing the object “had been identified and handed over to the police”, while the club’s sporting director Horst Heldt added: “It would be a mistake to blame the entire club or the fans for the incident. incident”. action of an individual.
Ilja Kaenzig, Bochum’s general manager, said the club would appeal the decision not to abandon the match and said they should have gotten the three points after being left at a “sports disadvantage.”
