BOGOTA, March 3 - The Panamanian Luis Moreno, the defender of Deportivo Pereira last Sunday, during a Colombian league match, he kicked an owl gliding on the ground, causing the subsequent death, was banned for two days and fined. The Colombian Football League's disciplinary committee "has learned from the media that Luis Moreno has committed an act of cruelty against an animal in the match Atletico Junior-Pereira," said a statement.
"The animal was in fact a symbol for the local fans, and considering that the attack took place in their stadium before the eyes of the spectators, the fact can be considered a provocation," the note adds. In addition to the two-match ban, Moreno was imposed a fine of 1,070,200 pesos (about 400 €).
The defender, who left the field escorted by police, apologized for his behavior and said he had received threatening phone calls. The act has sparked protests by supporters of the local team, who saw the bird a kind of mascot, and animals, and on Sunday at the center of the Colombian media.
Sunday, 20 minutes from the end of the meeting that was played in Barranquilla, the owl is gliding on the field and was hit by an uncontrolled ascent, being stunned. The referee stopped the game for players to decide together what to do, but Moreno is likely to accelerate because his team lost, he kicked to force them out.
From the stands started the choir "murderess, murderess, and the Environmental Police reported the player to" aggression. " Sadly, it was also confirmed by the tradition that when one of the owls that live on the stadium roof glides on the ground, Atletico wins: the home team has in fact beaten opponents by 2-1. 
"The animal was in fact a symbol for the local fans, and considering that the attack took place in their stadium before the eyes of the spectators, the fact can be considered a provocation," the note adds. In addition to the two-match ban, Moreno was imposed a fine of 1,070,200 pesos (about 400 €).
The defender, who left the field escorted by police, apologized for his behavior and said he had received threatening phone calls. The act has sparked protests by supporters of the local team, who saw the bird a kind of mascot, and animals, and on Sunday at the center of the Colombian media.
Sunday, 20 minutes from the end of the meeting that was played in Barranquilla, the owl is gliding on the field and was hit by an uncontrolled ascent, being stunned. The referee stopped the game for players to decide together what to do, but Moreno is likely to accelerate because his team lost, he kicked to force them out.
From the stands started the choir "murderess, murderess, and the Environmental Police reported the player to" aggression. " Sadly, it was also confirmed by the tradition that when one of the owls that live on the stadium roof glides on the ground, Atletico wins: the home team has in fact beaten opponents by 2-1.
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