A Rewa U19 Youth player was taken into police custody for allegedly assaulting a match official during the Vodafone U19 Youth League final play-offs at Fiji FA Academy Ground in Vatuwaqa.
The final match of the play-off was abundant after the incident as Ba was leading the match with two goals.
Rewa needed to win the match with clear five goals after going down 0-1 against Labasa in the opening match on Friday while Ba defeated Labasa 4-1 in the second match.
Fiji FA competitions manager Amitesh Pal they would await the match report and would decide on the next action.
“We are waiting for the report from the match officials which will be sent to the Fiji FA Board and Disciplinary committee who will then decide what action to take,”said Pal
Pal said under FIFA laws, any player assaulting match officials is usually slapped with a severe ban.
