The violent events that forced three female referees to lock themselves in the locker room during a soccer match in the second regional division of Gran Canaria while several players harassed them have now been punished: their perpetrators have received suspensions ranging from six to 28 games.
Specifically, the Competition Committee of the Las Palmas Island Football Federation has punished nine players from Teldecosta, the local team in that match, for the disturbances that occurred on February 21: one player with 28 games, three with 22 games, one with twelve games, two with ten games, and two others with six games, according to the resolution accessed.
Group 2 of the second regional division of Gran Canaria consists of 16 teams that play a total of 30 matchdays, so the 28 games received by the Teldecosta player sanctioned with the most severe correction are almost equivalent to a full season without being able to compete, although spread from matchday 23 of the current championship (when the protagonists were already imposed a precautionary suspension of one month) and matchday 20 of the next season.
That is, the player in question, B.V.S., will not be able to set foot on a soccer field again until approximately February 2026, in his case for two infractions of the disciplinary regulations: hitting a rival in the chest with the game stopped (six games) and cornering a rival with the game suspended due to the tumult and kicking him while he was on the ground (22 games).
His teammates B.S.M, K.C.M.C. and A.Y.C.V. will, for their part, serve 22 games each for participating in those last events: kicking a rival from Arena Futboltec who had been knocked down with a blow with the game already stopped and who ended up being evacuated to a health center, to be treated for the injuries he suffered.
Twelve games are imposed on G.M.O. for punching a fan in the face twice, ten games on A.D.C.S and A.J.A.D. for insulting and threatening the referees and trying to force open the door of the locker room where they had taken refuge, and six games on J.J.G.P. and C.J.E.B. for pushing the door in a second attempt to open it.
The articles applied in the sanctions fit with the account of what happened that the three referees reflected in the match report and with the facts that they attribute to each of those nine players.
The Altercation
The incident took place last February, in Gran Canaria, during a soccer match between CD Teldecosta and CD Arena Futboltec. The referees had to lock themselves in their locker room before finishing the match, threatened by several local players.
The referees explained in the report that several local players tried to enter their premises with shouts and threats, and as they did not have keys to lock the locker room from the inside, they had to put a stick in the door until the arrival of the National Police.
Everything was unleashed in the 77th minute, when a local player was sent off and a teammate hit a rival's chest with his hand.
However, "said expulsion could not be shown because at that moment, on the opposite side of the action, several players from both teams began to confront each other," the report states.
"Seeing that our integrity was in danger, we decided to quickly withdraw from the field of play, temporarily suspending the match until conditions were favorable to resume the match," the referees added.
Five minutes later, the refereeing trio returned to the field but found that the situation had worsened, with about twenty people on the field, in addition to seeing how a scuffle began between players from both teams and even fans.
The referees managed to identify several of the aggressors by their numbers, reflecting it in the report, and called the National Police, who arrived ten minutes later.
In addition, they had the help of the coach and the equipment manager of the visiting team, who protected them until the Police arrived, but at that time there were no players left from the local team, nor the fans who had participated in the scuffle.
