Alassane Plea the French forward and Swiss forward Embolo Braal had registered their names on the scoresheet for Mönchengladbach in tin 55th and 61st minutes respectively.
At around the 71st-minute, fans of Bochum began to display a vicious act of throwing cans of beer on the assistant referee at their stadium Vonovia Ruhrstadion (Bochum). The Central referee immediately calls for a stoppage of the game.
According to report by Bochum, it was gathered by sportjuice9ja that assistant referee Christian Gittelmann could not continue the match and had to be taken to hospital for examination.
VfL Bochum 1848 distance itself from the horrendous act and has assured that the culprit will be apprehened and will be disciplined adequately.
Borrusia Mönchengladbach Sporting Director Roland Virkus after the game said:
First of all, I hope the assistant referee is doing okay. Things like this should never have happened. End of. It angers you when a good game of football has to end like this.
