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A draw of EUROPA LEAGUE in Romania was shot on CHAOS Thursday night when the referee was hit by missiles coming from the crowd.
The Northern Irish leader, Arnold Hunter, was in charge of the match between Craiova and Honved when a fierce atmosphere spread at the end of extra time.
With a score of 0-0, as in the first leg, a flare was projected on the ground and exploded near Hunter.
Moments later, a lighter hit the head of the 40-year-old official, needing medical treatment and an ambulance to get to the field.
However, he was not taken into the vehicle and escaped during lengthy discussions on how to handle the climbing scenes.
Local commentators have reported that stadium officials fear that fans will become even more violent if the match is to be abandoned.
The deliberations of the delegates lasted more than half an hour, during which Honved's director, Giuseppe Sannino, seemed to request that the meeting be canceled.
At that time, the referees had retired to their dressing room.
Finally, after 35 minutes of attempts to calm the situation, the fourth official was instructed to oversee the decisive minute that remained to play.
Stupefied, neither team opposed the last moments and the game went to penalty kicks.
In the shootout where former Liverpool striker, David N 'gog, scored for Honved, his local team, Craiova, went 3-1.
The match between the southern Romanian teams, Craiova and Honved, of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, had been hampered by violence between ultras.
Reports suggest that rival fans clashed the night before the match and that the angry atmosphere was swept into the stadium.
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