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Title says it all;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16300956.stm

Ouch

Not that good, kicks him in the shins twice. Needs to learn to aim.

That first one looks like it would've hurt like hell had it connected with his ribs / bollocks

Harsh sending off for defending himself from his attacker

Brilliant, can't believe he got sent off, nothing to do with the game. Can imagine if that happened here he'd be up in court before you knew it, use of excessive force or something just as daft

Love the Adidas advertising hoarding in the background shows "the boot just got a brain"

the manager was 100% right to take his team off

At the end of the day, the referee applied the rules he's supposed to apply. If you don't like them, do something to get them changed. Throwing a paddy when they result in one of your players being sent off isn't the way to go about it.

Card has been rescinded.

Just on SSN.

Ha ha ha you're seriously applying the "I was just following orders" defence

It would appear that it is :hmmm:

Give the Dutch credit. They don't take no shit.

Absolutely right, their players went mental when he was red-carded and it was a legitimate decision. The 'keeper's actions were easily punishable by a red card, as the ref said afterwards he did not try to evade the attacker and kicked him more than once, whilst he was on the floor also. Red card.

If one player punched another, then the victim lamped the aggressor, they'd both be sent off wouldn't they? You wouldn't spare the retaliatory action just because he hit second.

Well, the Dutch FA think you are talking bollocks.

This is a good thing.

If legitimate why has it been rescinded?    A goalkeeper who was sent off after kicking a fan has had his red card rescinded.

Obviously emotions ran high but bottom line is that AZ had good grounds for thinking it wasn't safe to play and therefore for leaving the field of play

I thought that the first time I watched it and I think the ref made the right decision at the time. But when I watched it a couple more times and I'm not so sure, the keeper does genuinely appear scared for his safety as he almost takes one of the stewards out as well by mistake. Easy to understand reacting like that when someone attacks you out of nowhere.

I agree.The keeper should of let him get up to see if he had a knife or anything on him first.I mean the way that fan approached him must have been no different to a tackle. Get a grip you fucking jobsworths.

I thought a lot of Dutch football grounds had netting/fencing/plastic shields behind the goals but I seem to be mistaken. Looking at this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Amsterdam_ArenA.jpg) image seems to suggest that the guy who ran on the pitch would have had a long way and a bit of a climb to get there

The away fans at PSV are kept behind netting. I assume some of the older grounds in the Netherlands do have some short of shielding behind the goals.

It was a red, violent conduct, doesn't matter that it was a supporter, he had to go. The dutch FA over turned the decision due to the public out cry more than anything.

The supporter managed to get on the pitch using the access from the disabled supporters section, according to talksport dutch football ezpert, who also stated the keeper and the supporter may know each other, think one is the ex boyfriend of the other's current girlfriend, this has not been confirmed though.