The participation of the Russian children's team "Cosmos" in the Norwegian Football Cup for teams under 14 years old ended in a scandal. In the 1/16 finals, Russian football players got into a fight with their Norwegian peers, after which Cosmos was given a technical defeat and a fine of 2 thousand Norwegian kroner was imposed. This is reported Norwegian media .

In the 1/16 finals of the Norwegian Open Cup, Cosmos from Stavropol met with the local team Gerd. Already in the third minute of the meeting, after a corner kick by the hosts, the goalkeeper of the Russian team grossly violated the rules in his own penalty area, as a result of which he was ejected from the field by the referee.

The Russian football players categorically disagreed with the referee's decision and argued with the referee for a long time, but were forced to come to terms with it.

“Gerd” scored a penalty, after which he scored another goal, creating a comfortable groundwork for himself, especially for playing with a numerical advantage. It was after the second goal of the Norwegian team, according to local media, that the main events that led to the scandal unfolded.

According to the Norwegian press, at some point a removed football player from the Russian team appeared on the field, rushing at his opponents with his fists, after which a real fist fight began on the lawn, which was stopped only after the intervention of law enforcement officers.

“A team with very large players played against us, who also acted very aggressively,” says one of the parents of the Gerd players, Jorgen Llosa.

— After being sent off in the third minute of the game, the opponents could not believe what had happened for a long time and did not continue the game. When it resumed and we scored the second goal, their expelled player ran onto the field and the Russians began hitting and kicking our children.

The referee approached their coach even before the fight and asked to calm his players down, but he just shrugged his shoulders.”

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Gerda head coach Trond Lervik.

“We knew from other teams that we were facing a very tough and at times rude opponent, but we could not even imagine that things would go so far. We are shocked by what happened."

As a result, the Gerda players left the field in protest, and the Russian delegation retreated when law enforcement officers appeared at the stadium.

The police tried to detain representatives of Cosmos and the team’s football players, but were unable to catch anyone.

However, at an emergency meeting of the children's association holding the Norwegian Cup for teams under 14 years old, it was decided to give the Russian team a technical defeat with a score of 0:3, as a result of which it is eliminated from the competition.

In addition, a fine of 2 thousand crowns was imposed on Cosmos, which the Russian delegation must pay no later than August 5.

However, it is still too early to put an end to this story, since the football association’s press release also states that the police have been informed of all the circumstances of the case. It is quite possible that the management of Cosmos will still have problems with the local police.

At the time of publication, the Russian Football Union declined to comment. Later, a RIA Novosti correspondent took a comment from the coach of the Russian team, Evgeny Yesikov, who presented his version of events. “In the second minute of the match, the goalkeeper was sent off because he wanted to knock the ball out of his hands, and a player from the other team stood in front of him. The referee decided that he wanted to hit his opponent. After that, at the 15th minute, the referee gave a yellow card to our player and told him to leave the field for 5 minutes. A yellow card gets you taken off the field for 5 minutes? After that, we decided to take the team off the field. When our team was leaving, one of the Norwegian players called our removed goalkeeper in English “Russian pig”. He couldn’t restrain himself and hit the Norwegian in the leg,” said Yesikov.

According to him, after this a fight began, in which two Norwegians and two Cosmos players took part. “After a couple of seconds, the parents of the Norwegian team intervened. They started beating our guys. As a result, we two coaches and some parents of the Norwegians separated them and pulled them away from the children. As a result, an adult broke our goalkeeper’s hand. They took him to the hospital, he has a crack in his hand,” added the Cosmos coach.

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Let us remind you that the Stavropol team got into a fight with the players of the Norwegian team SPK Herd. After this, FC Cosmos was given a technical defeat with a score of 3:0, fined 2 thousand crowns (about 15 thousand rubles) and banned from participating in the cup.

According to the Norwegians, the Cosmos goalkeeper was sent off for a flagrant foul at the beginning of the game, but he did not want to leave the field for a long time. Then a fight broke out, and the Norwegians quickly left the playing area and called the police.

FC Kosmos coaches say that the fight was provoked by SPK Herd players.

Evgeniy Yesikov,
assistant coach of FC "Cosmos":

In the second minute of the match, the goalkeeper was sent off because he wanted to knock the ball out of his hands, and a player from the other team stood in front of him. The referee decided that he wanted to hit his opponent. After that, at the 15th minute, the referee gave a yellow card to our player and told him to leave the field for 5 minutes. A yellow card gets you taken off the field for 5 minutes? After that, we decided to take the entire team away. When the team was leaving, one of the Norwegian players called our removed goalkeeper in English “Russian pig”. He could not restrain himself and hit the Norwegian in the leg.

The parents of the Norwegian football players intervened in the brawl. It was one of the adults, according to Yesikov, who injured the hand of the goalkeeper of the Russian team, after which the boy was taken to the hospital.

A very unpleasant incident occurred today on the football fields of Norway. The Scandinavian country is hosting a large tournament for teams of different age groups (from 10 to 19 years old). The football holiday for young athletes was overshadowed by the antics of the Russian team Cosmos (U-14).

Representatives of the Stavropol club beat their peers from Norway. A Cosmos player who had previously been sent off from the field returned to the lawn in one episode of the game and kicked a player from the Norwegian team. After this, a massive fight broke out, which did not stop even after the match was stopped. One of the players from the Norwegian team had a broken rib.

According to the Russian side, everything was completely different. One of the Cosmos trainers stated the following:

“In the second minute of the match, the goalkeeper was sent off because he wanted to knock the ball out of his hands, and a player from the other team stood in front of him. The referee decided that he wanted to hit his opponent. After that, in the 15th minute, the referee gave a yellow card to our player and told him to leave the field for 5 minutes. A yellow card gets you taken off the field for 5 minutes? After that, we decided to take the team off the field. When our team was leaving, one of the Norwegian players called our removed goalkeeper in English “Russian pig”. He could not restrain himself and hit the Norwegian in the leg.

After a couple of seconds, the parents of the Norwegian team intervened. They started beating our guys. As a result, we, two coaches and some parents of the Norwegians separated them and pulled them away from the children. As a result, an adult broke our goalkeeper’s hand. They took him to the hospital, he has a crack in his hand,” concluded the Cosmos representative.

Be that as it may, the Russian team was banned for life from participating in the youth tournament, and was given a technical defeat in this match. In addition, Cosmos was ordered to pay a symbolic fine, just over $200.

The participation of the Russian children's team "Cosmos" in the Norwegian Football Cup for teams under 14 years old ended in a scandal. In the 1/16 finals, Russian football players got into a fight with their Norwegian peers, after which Cosmos was given a technical defeat and a fine of 2 thousand Norwegian kroner was imposed. Gazeta.ru reports this.

In the 1/16 finals of the Norwegian Open Cup, Cosmos from Stavropol met with the local team Gerd. Already in the third minute of the meeting, after a corner kick by the hosts, the goalkeeper of the Russian team grossly violated the rules in his own penalty area, as a result of which he was ejected from the field by the referee.

The Russian football players categorically disagreed with the referee's decision and argued with the referee for a long time, but were forced to come to terms with it.

“Gerd” scored a penalty, after which he scored another goal, creating a comfortable groundwork for himself, especially for playing with a numerical advantage. It was after the second goal of the Norwegian team, according to local media, that the main events that led to the scandal unfolded.

At some point, a removed football player from the Russian team appeared on the field, rushing at his opponents with his fists, after which a real fist fight began on the lawn, which was stopped only after the intervention of law enforcement officers.

“A team with very large players played against us, who also acted very aggressively,” says one of the parents of the Gerd players, Jorgen Llosa.

After being sent off in the third minute of the game, the opponents could not believe what had happened for a long time and did not continue the game. When it resumed and we scored the second goal, their expelled player ran onto the field and the Russians began hitting and kicking our children.

The referee approached their coach even before the fight and asked to calm his players down, but he just shrugged his shoulders.”

“I have never seen anything like this,” said Gerda head coach Trond Lervik.

We knew from other teams that we were facing a very tough and at times rough opponent, but we could not even imagine that things would go this far. We are shocked by what happened."

As a result, the Gerda players left the field in protest, and the Russian delegation retreated when law enforcement officers appeared at the stadium.

At an emergency meeting of the children's association holding the Norwegian Cup for teams under 14 years old, it was decided to give the Russian team a technical defeat with a score of 0:3, as a result of which it is eliminated from the competition.

In addition, a fine of 2 thousand crowns was imposed on Cosmos, which the Russian delegation must pay no later than August 5.

At the time of publication, the Russian Football Union declined to comment. Later, a RIA Novosti correspondent took a comment from the coach of the Russian team, Evgeny Yesikov, who presented his version of events. “In the second minute of the match, the goalkeeper was sent off because he wanted to knock the ball out of his hands, and a player from the other team stood in front of him. The referee decided that he wanted to hit his opponent. After that, at the 15th minute, the referee gave a yellow card to our player and told him to leave the field for 5 minutes. A yellow card gets you taken off the field for 5 minutes? After that, we decided to take the team off the field. When our team was leaving, one of the Norwegian players called our removed goalkeeper in English “Russian pig”. He couldn’t restrain himself and hit the Norwegian in the leg,” said Yesikov.

According to him, after this a fight began, in which two Norwegians and two Cosmos players took part. “After a couple of seconds, the parents of the Norwegian team intervened. They started beating our guys. As a result, we two coaches and some parents of the Norwegians separated them and pulled them away from the children. As a result, an adult broke our goalkeeper’s hand. They took him to the hospital, he has a crack in his hand,” added the Cosmos coach.