Handball Cocks is in trouble: the player punched his opponent in the stomach and the coach disappeared – the club president posted a strange comment

Finland in handball, it is customary for Riihimäki Cocks to always win the championship. Because of Europelie, the owner and chairman of the club Jari Viita also built the Cocks Arena in Riihimäki a few years ago, which attracts a whopping 2,500 spectators

Now Cocks is not the number one club in Finland. The team was third in the regular season and fourth in the upper end series. On Wednesday, the team played in the semi-finals against Karjaan BK-46: BK-46 claimed 31–25 and leads 2–0. The final will be won with three wins.

Cocks tried to get a strong boost on Wednesday as the match was free to enter. 725 spectators arrived.

In the semifinals did not play Cocks Davor Basaricwho received a two – match ban from the Handball Discipline Chief of the previous semi – finals.

Basaric punched BK-46 in the stomach Janne Korpimäki.

“The punch has also been intentional and at least somewhat thoughtful, as that movement of the hand in the fist is not part of normal defense. It can also be stated from the video that the blow was strong, as Korpimäki falls to the ground from the force of the blow, ”the disciplinary chief’s statement states.

Basaric and other Cocks players stated in their response that they experienced racist insults during the match. However, these were not further specified.

In the cocks there was also a change of head coach before the semi-finals. Kaj Kekki announced that he was leaving Pest for personal reasons on April 7th. The club issued a confusing comment from President Viida on the matter: “As the pace accelerates, shit falls off the stroller.”

The reference did not state anything else in the release. When Yle asked Viida what she meant by her comment, Viita replied, “You are a journalist, it is your job to think.”

Cocks hired a Dane as the new head coach Lasse Boesenin.

The third match of the semi-finals will be played in Karelia on the eve of April 30. In the second semi-final pair, GrIFK and Dicken will face off, leading 2-0.