Police charge Betis fan over bottle throwing

MADRID, Mar 13 (Reuters) A 30-year-old Real Betis season ticket holder was charged by police today with throwing the bottle that knocked Sevilla coach Juande Ramos unconscious during a King's Cup match at the Betis stadium on February. 28.

The quarter-final second leg between the city rivals was abandoned just after Sevilla had scored to go 1-0 up on aggregate, when Ramos was hit on the back of the head by a large plastic bottle full of liquid thrown from the stands.

''The club confirm the person detained by police for throwing the bottle is a Betis season ticket holder, and with immediate effect his ticket has been declared invalid,'' Betis said in a statement on their Web site (www.realbetisbalompie.es).

''We will also take action against the person for damaging the image of the club.'' The remaining 33 minutes of the Cup match are to be played at Getafe's stadium on the outskirts of Madrid behind closed doors on March 20.

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