St 3
I was the chief referee of the final of the National Student Football Championship between the XXXX Sofia and the YYYY. In the regular time, the match ended 1: 1. After execution of penalty kicks, the team of YYYY won with a total score of 7:6. It is an interesting fact that the XXXX team was promised cash bonuses, which is not common in these tournaments. After the end of the match, the players of YYYY started to rejoice, but one player from XXXX ran about 20 m and hit an opponent from the other team. Several players from both teams joined the melee. My colleagues and I quickly intervened in the incident and tried to break up several bullies from one team, but then the situation became uncontrollable. There was a mass brawl between the two teams with many insults and “hate speech”. About 50 XXXX fans came down from the stands and there was a mass fight.