Chaos after Nam Dinh - SLNA match: What punishment will Thien Truong Stadium face?
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the regulations of the VFF Disciplinary Board, any stadium organizer who allows actions that cause panic or harm the health of those present on the field will be severely punished.
SLNA Club has returned to the hotel safely. The referee team still has to "hold out" in the field and is protected by security forces. Photo taken by Sport5.vn reporter at Thien Truong Stadium. The person beaten was a reporter, the identity of the man in black is unknown. |
Nam Dinh fans and Thien Truong Stadium are keywords that help to associate with the enthusiasm in cheering for football, but there have also been many times when yellow shirt fans and this place have made Vietnamese football confused.
In 2005, in the match between Nam Dinh and Dong Tam Long An, players from both teams clashed on the field, and referee Nguyen Quoc Hung bled after trying to stop players from fighting. However, what is more noteworthy is that reporter Duy Bui (Sports 24h Newspaper) was treated roughly by stadium security, preventing him from working while taking pictures of the incident.
According to records at that time, reporter Duy Bui was asked by stadium security to temporarily hold his camera, prevented, handcuffed and escorted into the tunnel of stand A.
"Someone took my phone and deleted the photos I had taken and I knew for sure he was Nguyen Van Diep because last year at this same stadium, we recorded this employee chasing and trying to beat a Hanoi T&T player and provided it to the organizers as evidence to discipline this stadium...", quoted reporter Duy Bui.
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The stadium's organizers let a stranger (wearing a black shirt) without a duty badge come down and assault a reporter. Photo: Sport5 |
In the 18th round of V.League 2018 at Thien Truong Stadium, after a fan took off his shirt to chase and beat the referee, two reporters working at Thien Truong Stadium were assaulted in the chaotic final minutes of the match, including Dai Nghia - reporter for Sports & Culture newspaper and Pham Trong Tung - photojournalist for Sport5 website.
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Chaos after the Nam Dinh - SLNA match. Photo: Minh Hoang |
WHAT PUNISHMENT DOES THIEN TRUONG STATION FACE FROM VFF LAW FRAMEWORK?
If the match organizers allow other incidents to occur in the stadium that cause panic and affect the health of others, they will be fined 20,000,000 VND.
a) Fine from VND 30,000,000 to VND 70,000,000 in the following cases:
- Repeated violations during the match.
- Continuous violations, consecutively in many matches.
b) Violators who have been disciplined many times but still re-offend will be disciplined by playing at home without spectators or moving to an intermediate stadium.
Match organizers who allow spectators to spill onto the track or onto the field before, during, or after the match will be warned and may be fined at least VND 10,000,000 depending on the severity of the violation.
In case of serious violations, the home team's subsequent matches may have to be played at home without spectators or at intermediate grounds.
Warning, fine match organizers from 15,000,000 VND to 55,000,000 VND and must bear all related costs if before, during and after the match:
a) Failure to ensure security and safety in the stadium or the area surrounding the stadium where the match takes place: Allowing objects (bottles, jars, bricks, sticks, helmets, fireworks, etc.) to be thrown from outside into the stadium, spectators attacking match officials, away teams, home teams or causing injuries to spectators, players, match officials, staff and employees on duty.
b) Allowing fans to throw objects onto the field, causing unsafe conditions for those on duty on the field or affecting the technical aspects of the match. Depending on the seriousness of the incident, the home team's subsequent matches may have to be played at home without spectators or moved to an intermediate field.
c) Other fan behaviors that seriously affect the professionalism of the match and the away team's ability to play (according to the referee's assessment) or put pressure on the referee will result in the home team losing 0-3 to the away team (if they lose by more than that, the score will remain the same).

Nam Dinh - SLNA: Breaking the curse at Thien Truong
(Baonghean.vn) - In their visits to Thien Truong, the Nghe An team has only once won all 3 points. The upcoming match in round 18 is also an opportunity for SLNA to enter the Top. On the contrary, if they stumble, coach Duc Thang and his team will find it difficult to maintain their current position.