The person caught on camera spitting at Kenyan international and KAA Gent defender Joseph Okumu in their 2-0 win over KV Mechelen in the second leg of the Europa Conference League Playoff on Tuesday night has been identified.The Kenyan suffered the unfortunate incident from a Mechelen fan in the 78th minute, barely 10 minutes after coming on for Andreas Hanche-Olsen.Uproar in Belgium after fan spits at Kenyan defender in Gent’s victory over MechelenFollowing the incident, the home team, KV Mechelen released a statement immediately after the match saying that they had taken note of the occurrence and had forwarded the footage to their security team to aid i9n getting to the bottom of the matter.Disgusting! A K. V. Mechelen fan spat on Harambee Stars defender Joseph Okumu on Tuesday night during a league match between Mechelen and Okumu’s K.A.A Gent pic.twitter.com/rMq1hADJqT— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) May 11, 2022 Gent revealed that although the person identified had issued an extensive apology, Mechelen will go further and sanction her.”The exciting match between KV Mechelen and KAA Gent was disgraced on Tuesday by a supporter of the home team who spat at our player Joseph Okumu. KV Mechelen knew immediately after the match to take this incident very seriously. The club has meanwhile revealed the identity of the supporter. The person in question has apologized extensively, but KV Mechelen will nevertheless take the necessary steps to reach an appropriate sanction. KAA Gent would like to thank KV Mechelen for treating this quickly and serene,” the statement by the club said.Kenyan International Joseph Okumu scored the all important goal as KAA Gent edged KV Mechelen by a solitary yesterday in Belgium #StarsAbroad pic.twitter.com/2LzPOt5haf— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) May 8, 2022 In the match, Michael Ngadeu gave Gent the lead after 36 minutes, with Geoffry Hairemans drawing Mechelen level right at the death. Tarik Tissoudali however ensured that Gent went home with maximum points to continue their lead in the hunt for European action ticket with his strike in the fourth minute of stoppage time.The former Chemilil defender was on target for KAA Gent as they edged out KV Mechelen by a solitary goal in the first leg of the playoffs on Saturday evening at home, and was rested partially for the return match.His goal on Saturday was his second since joining the Belgian side, with the other goal coming in the Belgium cup tie against Belisia Bilzen as they won 4-0.
