July 31 – A Europa league qualifier between FK Kukesi of Albania and Legia Warsaw was abandoned Thursday when a Legia player was struck by a stone thrown from the crowd.
Legia had just taken a 2-1 lead in the first leg of the third qualifying round tie when Ondrej Duda was hit by an object and stretchered off to have his head bandaged.
Play was suspended and although he recovered, the game was called off on 51 minutes and no announcement as to the result has yet been made by UEFA.
It is the second consecutive season that Legia’s European participation has been marked by controversy. The Polish club were thrown out of last season’s Champions League for fielding an ineligible player during a 6-1 aggregate win over Celtic.
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