Scandal in the youth championship: a fan punches the referee of the Rukh U-19 - Lviv U-19 match in the stomach after a penalty k

A fan ran onto the pitch during a youth championship match between Rukh U-19 and Lviv U-19 and punched the head referee in the stomach.

According to Tribuna.com, it was Yevhen Mykhailiv, a former player of Lviv, Karpaty and Niva Ternopil. It happened after a penalty kick was awarded in Rukh's favour with the score at 1-1 in the 90+7th minute.

There was also a dispute on the coaching benches. "Rukh converted the penalty and snatched the victory, which was the team's 18th penalty in 27 games this season.

"Rukh is the leader of the youth championship.