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Downer for Patro in full promotion battle. The Disciplinary Committee for Professional Football (DCP) has suspended coach Stijn Stijnen for six matches. Two matches for his behavior against Jong Genk and thus four postponed matches from previous sanctions become effective. Jong Genk has to play a match without fans due to disturbances.
Source: BELGA
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During a fiery derby, Stijnen was sent to the stands with a second yellow card. This came after someone from his bench threw a ball onto the field to buy time. The coach reacted in frustration and punched the man who threw the ball, apparently his brother Steven who is T2 from Patro.
The review committee believed that he should be punished for this. The Committee also imposed two postponed matches on Stijnen for the incident, although he argued that the blow to his brother was lawful given the family atmosphere. Stijnen also said at a press conference that the match delegate walked around “as if he were a dictator”. For this and together with the other infringements, he will be fined 4,000 euros.
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In the same match, the hard core of both teams also went beyond their limits. They went to a place behind the stands for a fight when a purple smoke bomb was set off in the Genk section. Jong Genk’s supporters had to break through an iron gate to achieve this. Their club is imposed a match without supporters, in addition to a fine of 5,000 euros. For Patro the fine is 2,000 euros.
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Patro striker Leslie Bamona was given a suspension of three matches, two of which were effective, and a fine of 1,250 euros for a serious foul on Jong Genk midfielder Kamiel Van De Perre. After the match, the review committee saw that Bamona had stood on Van De Perre’s knee.