In the end of extra time, Jan Ziółkowski fouled at the side line of the player Molde, Kristian Eriksen. He held him and brought him to the ground floor. The Norwegian could not stand the pressure and immediately attacked the young defender of Legia. He put his leg and caused a fall. Judge Matej Jug immediately punished him with a second yellow, and consequently a red card and threw it out of the pitch. He saw the first for holding the speeding Bartosz Kapustka, it happened a few moments before the situation with Legia stopwatch. When Ziółkowski was lying on the pitch, Eriksen He was still screaming something towards him. Molde's player's behavior enraged the legionnaires on the pitch and on the bench.
Here are the consequences of a row for Legia
There was a real struggle on the pitch, none of the players on the pitch wanted to keep a cool head, give way and calm the situation. After a while, the reserve and Legia's coaching staff began to pull the players so that they would not get into senseless scuffles. The judges also intervened. The company managed to chase away, but it was clear that the cards would sprinkle.
It was known that Eriksen would not catch up. The Norwegian team was still punished by goalkeeper Jacob Karlstrom and midfielder Magnus Eikrem. The first of these two aggressively pushed Arkadiusz Painter, a goalkeeper coach. The second threw himself at Bartosz Kapustka, who pulled Eriksen away from Ziółkowski, wanting to protect his teammate. Captain Molde will not play the team in European cups in the next match.
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But Legion She also suffered losses in connection with the row. The referee decided to punish two players of the capital's team. First, Ziółkowski saw a yellow card. Due to the excess of cards, he will not play in the first quarter -final match with Chelsea. And Artur Jędrzejczyk got the second yellow and finally red card. In the second half he was punished with the first yellow card for too sharp. In the last minutes of extra time he was recognized by judges as one of the aggressively behaving during the confusion. This means that Jędrzejczyk cannot be taken into account before the first meeting with “The Blues“.
Polsat Sport has released a recording from a row. It can be seen exactly what caused the escalation of tension and what happened later.
For Legia, this is the first quarter -finals of European cups from the 1995/1996 season, when she played in the 1/4 final of the Champions League.
The first match against Chelsea on April 10 at 18:45 in Warsaw. Rematch seven days later in London at 21:00.