Young Boys boss Gerardo Seoane has apologized for the violent conduct displayed by the club’s fans in Thursday’s 2-1 Europa League loss to Aston Villa.
The club supporters threw several objects on the pitch at Villa’s Donyell Malen as he celebrated the first goal, while they also clashed with the police afterwards.
The stewards had tried to eject some of the trouble-causing fans, leading to a brief period of delay in the match, before Young Boys captain Loris Benito went over to calm the away crowd.
“It’s normal when you score a goal that you want to be with your team-mates. Maybe it was a small provocation, I don’t know,” Seoane said after the match.
“Our fans could have taken this as a provocation. “This is part of football but our fans should not react so angrily.
“The referee asked our captain to go calm our supporters. Some fans came down to talk to the players and the police reacted like they were jumping on the pitch, but that was not their intention.”
Malen, who suffered a small cut on his head as a result of the thrown objects, scored twice to put the home side 2-0 up at the break.
Joel Monteiro scored in stoppage-time, the goal awarded after a VAR check, to set up a tense finish, although Villa closed out a 2-1 win.
“It’s a pity for everybody throwing the objects. The result is not nice for anybody.
“We apologise, we don’t feel good and not the way our supporters are normally, or how we want to act when we are guests somewhere and no one wins at the end, everybody loses in this situation”, the Young Boys manager added.
“Football is with emotions. There is a rule to not provoke, nobody does it on purpose, it was more the joy of scoring.”
Aston Villa recorded their fourth win of the 2025-26 Europa League and moved up to third on the standings, while Young Boys are in 26th place.
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