Game Abandoned After Referee Hit By Beer Shower: Zwickau vs RW Essen

A beer shower caused the game to be abandoned in the game between Zwickau and RW Essen. Referee Nicolas Winter was thrown directly in the face with a load of beer by an angry spectator during the break in the catacombs. According to MagentaSport information, Winter rated this as a “physical attack”, stayed in the dressing room without consulting either club and was no longer willing to continue the game when the score was 1-1. Frank Fischer, spokesman for the Zwickau board, felt the spectator action was “terrible, appalling.