What's the matter, man?
Angry Rhoda fans literally kicked Mauricio Garcia de la Vega from the stadium. This happened during the match of the second Dutch division with De Grafshap.
The core of Rhoda's active fans this week issued a statement that they no longer trust de la Vega. And throughout the game there were protests. Thus, part of the Limburg stadium remained empty during the first half. The fans waved white handkerchiefs and showed the Mexican a red card. There were offensive banners in the stands, many in Spanish, the most decent of which was "De la Vega, get out! Our home is not your home.
However, during the break, the situation got out of hand. The fans broke into the central stand of the stadium, into the box where de la Vega and his entourage were located. Fortunately, the stewards and the police prevented the worst-case scenario - no one was hurt. As a result, the jubilant fans simply took de la Vega out of the stadium, and the guards of order and stewards preferred not to interfere.
Outside the arena, the Mexican was threatened, so he was simply brought to the police car, and then taken to a safe place.
The match ended without incident and ended with a 1-1 score. Although after the game, Rhoda's head coach Jean-Paul de Jong said in an interview with Fox Sports that he was shocked.
"We all want to do our job in a safe environment. We cannot accept such violence. It's all very sad. It made a painful impression on the team. We want to distance ourselves from all this," he said.
Why did the Rhoda fans behave like that?
"Roda, which once even took second place in the mid-1990s, dropped out of the second division at the end of the 2017/18 season. It was not possible to go upstairs at once, the club became more and more tied up in financial problems, and the threat of bankruptcy became more and more serious - 79-year-old owner Fritz Schruff did not want to cover losses anymore. In early June, de la Vega appeared in Kerkrade, declaring his willingness to make serious investments in the club, and to start paying off the debts.
However, more than three months later, the situation has not changed. Moreover, the Mexican has not provided the necessary bank guarantees - they are needed to ensure that the budget for the season was approved by the Dutch Football Union (DFU).
Moreover, according to some reports, in early September, in order to pay the salaries of the club's employees, the sponsors had to intervene. De la Vega denied all this and said that it meets all the requirements of the CFSP.
The skepticism about the Mexican man has increased after a series of publications in the local media, which described the businessman's dubious past. De la Vega has also tried to come to football by purchasing the Spanish Murcia but has gotten caught up in litigation.
As a result, "Rhoda" was in a state of suspension, which increasingly pissed off the fans. The team has moved down to 16th place in the table and risks to fly to the third division. The fans issued a statement: "Let's look for a serious alternative. As far as we know, they do, but for this "Roda" should say goodbye to de la Vega. So let's contribute to that.
If de la Vega does leave Rhoda, then, as the AD edition writes, a group of local entrepreneurs led by IT businessman Stein Coster, who presented a rescue plan for the club shortly before the Mexican arrived, is still ready to come to the rescue.