Friday night’s Bundesliga game between St Pauli and Schalke was abandoned with two minutes to go because of crowd trouble at the Millerntor-Stadion which saw an object thrown at an assistant referee.
In a stormy game which saw the home side have a goal disallowed and two men sent off, Schalke were leading 2-0 when the action was halted after goals from Raul and Julian Draxler.
With moments to play, referee Deniz Aytekin took the players off the field after his assistant Thorsten Schiffner was struck by an object, apparently a mug of beer, thrown from the crowd.
“There is no explanation for this,” St Pauli coach Holger Stanislawski was quoted as saying on Kicker. “Things like this should never happen in a football stadium.
“We on the bench do shout and scream a lot and there’s always a lot of aggression on the field but anyone who throws things is always endangering other people.
“In the name of St Pauli Football Club I would like to apologise to the assistant referee.”
The German football association (DFB) must now decide whether the result will stand, with the possibility of a 3-0 defeat and further sanctions hanging over the Hamburg-based side.
Raul had already hit the bar when he put Schalke ahead in the 26th minute, the former Real Madrid man heading home after Jefferson Farfan whipped in a corner.
Fin Bartels sent a swerving shot just over as the hosts finally enjoyed some pressure but Schalke almost doubled their lead when Edu headed wide while Raul sent a 45-yard chip on to the roof of the net on the brink of half-time.
With 25 minutes left, St Pauli were denied a goal thanks to a dubious offside decision and Schalke went down the other end to score, Draxler bundling the ball over the line for his first Bundesliga goal.
Just three minutes later St Pauli were down to 10 men when Jan-Phillip Kalla received his second yellow card for a challenge on Farfan.
Eleven minutes from time, St Pauli’s woes worsened when Bartels was given a straight record for a lunge on Farfan.
And the Hamburg club’s evening came to the worst possible end when the match was called off in the 88th minute.
Credit: http://soccernet.espn.go.com
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