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Sweden have been awarded a 3-0 victory. Fan attacked the ref after Poulsen got sent off for Violent conduct. Score was 3-3 at the time.

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punishing denmark doesn't seem particularly fair

Agreed! Thats quite bent really. If FIFA take that stance you could dress up as an opposition fan and run on the pitch and attack the ref so your team win.

Sweden were 3-0 up,  then Denmark pulled it back to 3-3.  Sweden were then awarded at 89th min penalty, and then the fan ran onto pitch

Sweden's Euro 2008 qualifier away to Denmark was abandoned after 89 minutes when a fan tried to attack the referee.
Denmark had fought back from 3-0 down to make it 3-3 when Herbert Fandel sent off Denmark defender Christian Poulsen.

After a spectator ran towards the referee and was intercepted by Danish players the official walked off.

Uefa say the result will not be confirmed until their disciplinary committee has read the referee's and delegate's reports from Copenhagen.

They COULD decide to award a 3-0 victory to the Swedes.

Funny though

Sounds from the report the 'fan' TRIED to attack the ref, but failed.

I am not one to condone violence, but wouldn't it have been better for the match to continue, and let UEFA take action after the game against Denmark.

Nah that would be common sense then you would have to put that in the same sentence as fifa and that would just not make sense

How true. UEFA and FIFA are full of pompous twats who couldn't make a proper decision between them, as proved by the stupid offside rule (active/inactive?), and are full of corrupt officials (Jack Warner and Sepp Blatter, to name but two).

Also, I've just noticed that it was that same arrogant German ref who refereed the Champs League final 10 days ago, who reffed that Denmark game.

It was the same ref who done the champions league. Saw the incident Poulsen Punched Elmander in the stomach. The ref saw it sent Poulsen off and gave a pen. With a minute to go in the game as well.

I was watching the game in a bar in Leicester Square which the London Scandinavian society had hired out. It was a great game all the way through, and it is unbelieveable that it ended like that.

Only one person ran onto the pitch, and the Danish players prevented him from attacking the referee.

However, you did have to wonder about the security arrangements, as when the players had gone off and the officials were deciding what to do, another man went onto the pitch, found a ball and dribbled it to the other end of the field before scoring at the Sweden end. Very funny, but given what had just happened, I couldn't believe that the security didn't stop him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6lWE97Csy8

the fan did get to the ref!!

Was hardly any need to stop the game. They should have just finished the match.

aye, chris speaks the truth...abandoning the game for that was mad

I watched the incident this morning and the Danish no.3 actually protected the ref.

Apparently after the abandonment, the ref HIMSELF awarded the match to Sweden 3-0, and that was why it was reported as it was, despite him not having the authority to do so.

Thought this was about the stunners world cup and got all confused  :oops:

Ha ha i thought that at the start too! You're not alone!  :soapy tit wank:

Agreee with that - one person being an idiot shouldn't lead to that sort of thing.

As for the punishment, I can't see how punishing Denmark would be fair

i said this after the spurs fan v frank lampard incident, and i'll say it again... if you're going to get on the pitch after (or during) a game to attack an opposing player or referee, then you may as well make sure you make contact and really earn that lifetime ban you're about to receive.

may i suggest a full blooded two footed lunge?

dodgy ref .... thats all Ill say about it ... interesting that we never got to see what the Sweden bloke did first ... but to call the game off .. ridiculous

ha cos he might have deserve being punched?

well speaking to a danish bloke I know the Swedish guy smacked him first

that's conclusive evidence then!

well thats what I thought too ... but there doesnt seem to be any tv coverage of it as it happened .. so i guess we will never know for sure