Slavia pick up ban for physio incident

Bulgarian club PFC Slavia Sofia will have to play two matches away from Sofia after an incident in their recent 1-0 home win against PFC Cherno More Varna.

Argument between players
In the 57th minute of the match, just two minutes after Dimitar Rangelov scored the only goal of the game, Slavia's Yordan Petkov and Vladimir Gerasimov of Varna became engaged in an argument.

Physio invades pitch
Slavia physio Ivan Ivanov then invaded the pitch and struck Gerasimov. He was subsequently sent from the dugout by the referee although it later transpired that he was not even eligible to be on the bench in the first place. The Bulgarian football authorities have therefore decided that Slavia will have to play their next two home matches at least 80km away from Sofia.