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In the 21st week of the ABA League, Partizan under the management of Zeljko Obradovic met with Red Star. Partizan won the fight with a score of 92-81, and the fight left its mark.
Partizan’s Mathias Lessort punched Red Star player Filip Petrusev in the last seconds of the match, where the tension was rising. With the intervention of Partizan head coach Zeljko Obradovic and other players, the escalation of the fight was prevented.
GOING TO THE SQUARE AND COMPLAINING
The event, which was prevented from growing on the field, was moved to the police station after the match. According to the news of MozzartSport; Petrusev, who was punched by Lessort, applied to the police station to complain about his opponent and give a statement on the subject.
It was stated that Filip Petrusev, who came to the police station with his lawyer, started training after spending 50 minutes at the police station. Petrusev’s lawyer, Velibor Repaja, said that his client will not testify on the matter and that the next steps will be taken by the club.
HIGHEST PENALTY IS DEMANDED
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Red Star is requesting the league’s administration to give Lessort the maximum possible punishment.
LESSORT APPEAL
Mathias Lessort apologized to Filip Petrusev after the match. “I would like to apologize first to the fans, the people who support us, the people who love this sport, my teammates and my coaches,” Lessort said.
WHAT DID OBRADOVIC SAY?
Zeljko Obradovic, on the other hand, did not approve of his student’s action, commented “unnecessarily” and apologized to Petrusev. Obra said, “What Mathias Lessort did at the end of the match was unnecessary. As a coach, I apologize to Filip Petrusev. I don’t know if there was provocation before the position. But even if it does, it’s not right to react in this way.”
