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Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven has imposed a 40-year stadium ban on a fan who invaded the pitch and attacked an opposition player.
During PSV’s Europa League home leg against Sevilla in February, a spectator ran on the field and punched the Spanish club’s goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović.
Footage showed the supporter walking up to Dmitrović and throwing a punch at his head, before being quickly pinned down by the 6-foot-4-inch Serbian keeper and then escorted from the pitch by security personnel.
![230321083033-01-psv-sevilla-pitch-invader-02323 The pitch invader was promptly pinned to the ground by Dmitrović.](https://cqonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/230321083033-01-psv-sevilla-pitch-invader-02323.jpg)
“The forty-year-long ban comes on top of a possible fine imposed by UEFA,” PSV said in a statement.
“The pitch invader is currently serving a three-month sentence with one month suspended imposed by the East Brabant District Court.
“He is also barred from the area around the stadium for two years.”
![230321083127-02-psv-sevilla-pitch-invader-02323 The fan was escorted from the pitch by security.](https://cqonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/230321083127-02-psv-sevilla-pitch-invader-02323.jpg)
PSV added that the fan should not have been allowed inside the stadium as he was already serving a stadium ban imposed by the Dutch Football Federation.
The club said it “strongly condemned the incident.”
Sevilla lost the game 2-0 but won the tie 3-2 on aggregate to advance to the round of 16. The Spanish club then defeated Fenerbahçe and will now face Manchester United in the quarterfinals.