Uproar in the EM hit

Coin thrown at Sabitzer from Turkey fan block

Marcel Sabitzer was hit on the head by a coin.(Bild: AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Excitement in the European Championship round of 16 between Austria and Turkey. Immediately before he took a corner kick in the 77th minute of the match, Marcel Sabitzer was hit on the head by an object. Apparently a Turkish fan had thrown a coin at him ...

With the score 2:1 in Turkey's favor, Sabitzer had made a move for the ball and was about to take a run-up right in front of the ÖFB opponent's fan block when he paused briefly, fell to the ground and grabbed his head.

A coin had ended up on Sabitzer's head from the Turks' fan curve, as Philipp Krummholz and Florian Klein, who were commentating on the game for ServusTV, suspected. An unsportsmanlike gesture in an already intense - albeit peaceful - soccer match ...