If Union Neuchâtel signed an incredible 71-69 victory at La Riveraine this Saturday, May 14, the game was tainted by an unusual match event.
While the score was 68-67 in favor of Neuchâtel and there were only 34 seconds left to play, Marko Mladjan was the author of an unsportsmanlike foul on Killian Martin. Guilty of three faults on the scoreboard, the player of Massagno is however excluded from the game for having committed, according to the officials, his fifth offense of the game.
In a play-off match this kind of thing is not admissible.
Massagno coach Robbi Gubitosa.
“In a play-off match this kind of thing is not acceptable,” plague coach Robbi Gubitosa. “We lodged a protest. We will look at the images to check if Marko made four or five faults.
The outcomes remain uncertain in the event that the complaint of the Ticino team were to succeed. A forfeit victory for Massagno seems unlikely insofar as the responsibility of the Neuchâtelois is not engaged. Forcing the two teams to replay the match also seems difficult to achieve in a very tight play-off schedule.
