We had that in Germany once. Due to an incident at a second league game (fights between the teams plus a coach choking an opposing player), the game had to be replayed in an empty stadium. No fans could be around the stadium for a certain radius and our coach ended up being suspended for a couple games. I saw it on TV and it was weird.
It was a real clusterfuck of a situation. Las Palmas (their opposition, from the Canary Islands) posted on their official site at 11 AM that they will sew Spanish flags on their shirts for the match.
Barcelona thought it wasn't appropriate to play and wanted the match postponed.
The Spanish FA said they could not postpone, and if they did not play they would be penalized 6 points.
The president of Barcelona decides to play the match behind closed doors, "as protest" he says.
germanchickx on October 1st, 2017 at 16:49 UTC »
We had that in Germany once. Due to an incident at a second league game (fights between the teams plus a coach choking an opposing player), the game had to be replayed in an empty stadium. No fans could be around the stadium for a certain radius and our coach ended up being suspended for a couple games. I saw it on TV and it was weird.
Bexar86 on October 1st, 2017 at 17:07 UTC »
And they still outdrew the Chargers.
ancientappleiic on October 1st, 2017 at 18:21 UTC »
It was a real clusterfuck of a situation. Las Palmas (their opposition, from the Canary Islands) posted on their official site at 11 AM that they will sew Spanish flags on their shirts for the match.
Barcelona thought it wasn't appropriate to play and wanted the match postponed.
The Spanish FA said they could not postpone, and if they did not play they would be penalized 6 points.
The president of Barcelona decides to play the match behind closed doors, "as protest" he says.
The fans showed up to the match but weren't allowed in, as of the start of the match they still weren't told.