New momentum at the European Handball Championship: Croatia’s national coach Lino Cervar caused a sensation in the main round match against Belarus (25-23) on Thursday evening.
Thirty seconds before the end, the 67-year-old intervened directly in the action by holding the Belarusian backroom player Artur Karvazki in his upper body from the edge of the field. TV pictures prove that.
The Disciplinary Commission of the European Federation EHF sentenced Cervar to a fine of 3,000 euros and condemned the offence as “inappropriate and unsportsmanlike”. This was announced by the EHF on Friday evening. There will be no curfew, so Cervar will be competing in the next main round game of the Croats against Norway, the runners-up in the World Cup on Saturday.
A few moments after Lino Cervar’s action left-hander Karvazki got the ball. Instead of equalising, he committed a forward foul. Croatia met in return for the final score,”I caught him by chance. It was accidental,”Cervar said to the scene that is making a big splash on social networks. It happened in the heat of battle,”Croatia kept their chances in the semi-finals by beating Belarus with a nervous defeat.