Australian News / 20 December 2022
A-League fans handed assault charges
Three of the 8 Melbourne Victory fans wanted by Victoria Police over the violent pitch invasion during Saturday’s A-League Melbourne Derby match have been charged with various offences ranging from assault, criminal damage and public nuisance. They handed themselves in yesterday afternoon after police released their photos. As for the others involved, Acting Superintendent Jason Goddard said he has “no doubt we’ll be knocking on a few doors soon”. In response to what happened on Saturday night, Football Australia has issued a ‘show cause’ notice to Melbourne Victory – the club has until 9am tomorrow to explain why it shouldn’t face serious sanctions, including financial penalties and loss of competition points. And while we’re talking soccer, there were happier scenes for Argentina (and very sad moments for France…) following its World Cup victory yesterday morning. Winners are grinners…
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