Adrian Bastia Sent Off for Tripping a Pitch Invader

By: Daryl | November 30th, 2008

Busy game for Asteras Tripolis player Adrian Bastia. Not only did he score a 70th minute equalizer against Panathinaikos (no vid, just story) in the Greek Super League – giving Asteras what we can assume to be a damn fine 1-1 draw away from home – but with full time approaching he ended a pitch invasion pretty abruptly with a well timed trip.

Personally I think Bastia deserves a pat on the back for his perfect timing and execution. If a pitch invader is dumb enough to interrupt a game then he shouldn’t be surprised when he gets brought down. So fair play to Bastia. Unfortunately the ref saw it differentkly and showed Bastia a straight red. Which is absolutely insane. Because if you watch the vid again, Bastia wasn’t even the last man.

Props to 101GG for spotting this.

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Tags: Adrian Bastia, Asteras Tripolis, Greece, Panathinaikos, players behaving badly, Super League, World Football

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• Toby |  November 30th, 2008 at 6:36 am

  
  
  

  I think he got a bit of the ball, harsh.

  Posted from United Kingdom

  

• eugen |  November 30th, 2008 at 7:08 am

  
  
  

  You are a football player, not an idiot catcher … Let the guys that are paid for this do their job …

  Posted from United States

  

• adas |  November 30th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

  
  
  

  even players on the other team are arguing. That’s ridiculous!

  Posted from United States

  

• Laurie |  November 30th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

  
  
  

  Did Bertie the Bee see yellow as well? If not, I believe we have a pro-bee bias.

  Posted from United States

  

• Johnny |  November 30th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

  
  
  

  The bigger question is, why is Adrian Grenier of Entourage invading the pitch anyway?

  Posted from United States

  

• derek |  November 30th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

  
  
  

  He should have been sent off for that haircut long before this incident.

  Posted from United States

  

• Marco P. |  November 30th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

  
  
  

  Holy sh**. Isn’t that Philippe Mexès’s brother?

  Posted from United States

  

• thesav |  December 1st, 2008 at 6:32 am

  
  
  

  Yeah I guess the ref is forced to do that by the rules. In a weird way it is good that all forms of violence are punished on the pitch, including violence against non-players… these players are an example to loads of people after all.

  On the other hand, it’s ridiculous. And I applaud him for that tackle

  Posted from Netherlands

  

• jamesey |  December 1st, 2008 at 8:14 am

  
  
  

  In the MLS season, Chris Klein of the Galaxy knocked the shit out of a pitch invader running towards Beckham

  Posted from United States

  

• Jack |  December 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pm

  
  
  

  So, the message the FA is sending to fans here is: if you want to see one of the opponent players ejected, try invading the pitch and provoking him. Brilliant.

  Posted from United States

  

• foureyedkoko |  December 6th, 2008 at 1:23 am

  
  
  

  “So, the message the FA is sending to fans here is: if you want to see one of the opponent players ejected, try invading the pitch and provoking him. Brilliant.”

  this is in greece.

  Posted from United States

  

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