Monday, June 04, 2007
Danish fan regrets drunken attack on ref
The drunken Danish fan who attacked referee Herbert Fandel who then abandoned Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier between Denmark and Sweden, apologised to his countrymen for spoiling their chances of making it to next year's finals.'I so want to say I'm sorry to everyone in Denmark. I spoiled a fantastic evening for so many,' the 29-year-old Dane told Danish paper Ekstra Bladet in an interview.
The man, identifed only as 'R' by the paper, cannot be named for legal reasons but said at a court hearing he had drunk 15 to 18 beers before the match and had little memory of the actual incident.
He did remember he was angered by Fandel handing a red card to Denmark's Christian Poulsen and wanted to tell the referee his decision to dismiss the player was 'nonsense'.
