As well as being punished by sports authorities, the footballer who carried out the attack could face criminal prosecution.<br /><br />Football fan Jose Maria Val reacted by saying: “This man can never play football again.”<br /><br />Another commented: “Even one of his teammates (number two) raises his hands to his head.”<br /><br />Jordi Guile wrote on social media: “If something like this happened when I was a lad playing football the police would have ended up going onto the pitch.”<br /><br />Another football fan added: “They should ban him from football for life. This is something that could be reported to police.”<br /><br />There has not yet been any official comment from the Catalan Football Federation or either of the two clubs involved.<br /><br />In September footage from a Honduran top-flight game between Marathon and Olimpia went viral following a two-footed lunge that left two opponents injured.<br /><br />Two players were left rolling in agony after Marathon star Andre Orellana’s horror tackle took them both out at the same time.<br /><br />The 21-year-old was red-carded after the incident, which happened while he was trying to win a loose ball and not when the ball was nowhere near the player, as in the weekend incident in Girona.<br />
