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Abandoned game: Rot-Weiss Essen leaves the lawn
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After a firecracker was thrown, the top game between Rot-Weiss Essen and Preußen Münster was canceled on Sunday in the West Regional Football League.
When the score was 1-1, shortly after the visitors equalized in the 72nd minute, firecrackers flew out of the Essen fan corner in the direction of the field where Münster's substitutes were.
"Marvin Thiel suffers a blast trauma and can no longer be used," said the people of Münster shortly afterwards via the Twitter news service.
The referee had already interrupted the match at this point – and after an interruption of almost half an hour he didn't start again.
"Injured players on our side do not allow a continuation under regular conditions," said the Münster team.
The club had previously written: “How stupid can you be???
A firecracker goes off directly behind our substitutes... It's scandalous and has no place in any stadium in the world!
Shame on you!".
The Esseners wrote on Twitter: »The clock has been stopped and music is playing in the stadium.
Whatever idiot that was didn't do anyone present any favors.
1:1 – #RWESCP«.
The games of the two traditional clubs have been running with incidents for years.
In the first leg in Münster there had been serious riots after the end of the game.
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