After the match in the second round of the national cup between Football regional league team Babelsberg 03 and third division club Energie Cottbus (2:3). The wife of Energie player Niko Bretschneider, who was in the stands of the Babelsberg Karl Liebknecht Stadium, was attacked and hit in the face on Friday evening, as Cottbus press spokesman Stefan Scharfenberg-Hecht confirmed to the dpa. The “Lausitzer Rundschau” was the first to report on the matter.
After the game, Bretschneider wanted to visit his family and was showered with beer by a visitor. The man then attacked the defender’s wife, who had her child with her in the stadium. Scharfenberg-Hecht confirmed that the woman was hit in the face, but not that she suffered a hematoma, as was reported in the media.
“That’s where the fun stops for me. Anything can happen to me, there can be insults – but physical violence against people I love is completely unacceptable,” Bretschneider told the “Lausitzer Rundschau”.
energy-President Sebastian Lemke had tried to calm the situation from the pitch. “I hope and I wish that the association and the police will properly evaluate everything that happened here today,” said Lemke.
The police were on site shortly after the incident, but were unable to locate the perpetrator. As of Saturday afternoon, the police had not provided any information on the status of the investigation. Babelsberg 03 also provided no information on the incident.
The cup match had previously been temporarily interrupted in the second half after Babelsberg fans had set off pyrotechnics, some of which had flown towards the away section. (dpa/Tsp)
