A CRAZED pitch invader caused a top-flight match in Sweden to be abandoned after attacking a goalkeeper during the game.
Osterstunds were drawing 1-1 with Jonkoping Sodra with just minutes remaining when their ‘keeper Aly Keita was hit in the head by a crazed spectator.
The No1 required medical attention from the paramedics at the game and was led off the pitch visibly shaken.
Players from both sides combined with stewards and security staff to tackle the intruder who was hauled off the pitch.
After confirming he was struck in the temple, the 29-year-old stopper said: “I am shocked and angry. It is awful that something like this could happen.”
The offender was dressed in black with a hood and peaked hat covering his head and a scarf wrapped around the lower half of his face.
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Graham Potter, a former West Brom player, who coaches Ostersunds added: “Keita is shocked. He's not doing so well.”
Jonkoping police revealed a 17-year-old had been arrested after the incident and commander Peter Nordengard said: "He is under arrest, we have informed the prosecutor of the arrest and interviews will be conducted with him about the suspected breaches of the law.”
It’s the second serious security breach this year to cause a top-flight game in Sweden to be abandoned.
Back in April In April, Gothenburg's match against Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s former club Malmo was stopped when a firework exploded at the feet of a substitute who was warming up.
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