Shocking new footage has emerged of the moment on Friday night when a Montenegrin fan hurled a lit flare at the head of Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev . The video shows the fans behind the goal in the moments following the start of the game , before one throws a flare onto the pitch that connects with the player . The incident occurred within a minute of kick-off , causing the game to be suspended for around half an hour . Shocking new footage emerges of the stands that the flare was thrown from that hit the Russian goalkeeper . Igor Akinfeev was struck on the head by a lit flare thrown in the first minute of the match in Montenegro . Russia keeper Akinfeev is knocked to the ground by a flare thrown from the stands after one minute . Akinfeev is carried off the pitch on a stretcher , leading to a 30 minute suspension of the game . Play resumed but trouble then erupted between the players in the second half after Russia 's Roman Shirokov missed a penalty with the score at 0-0 . With further objects coming from the stands , both teams left the field and German referee Deniz Aytekin called the game off after 67 minutes . The head of the Montenegro FA ( FSCG ) has branded fans who forced the abandonment of Friday 's Euro 2016 qualifier against Russia as 'barbarians ' . A statement from UEFA on Friday night said it would 'wait to receive reports from the delegate and referee to open disciplinary proceedings ' . In a statement published on the FSGC 's website , the association 's secretary general Momir Durdevac said : 'The match from the first minute was on the verge of interruption . 'You saw how many people were involved in the organisation , how many times we asked the crowd to refrain from everything . 'But it seems that we do not deserve , neither the country nor the national team , a place in the big competition . 'They are here to disrupt , they are here to be barbarians . When we play against the great teams and great players , they are here to denounce these players , not to enjoy their skills . 'To interrupt the match , to throw something on the pitch , and then chant : `` Montenegro , I love you '' - it is such hypocrisy , it 's such primitivism that should not be seen anywhere . 'For me , the game should not have continued after the first minute . ' Durdevac also questioned whether players will accept future international call-ups amid such an atmosphere . Montenegro fans light flares from the stands during the Euro qualifier on Friday . A mass brawl between Russia and Montenegro players led to the Euro 2016 qualifier being abandoned . 'This is a human catastrophe , ' he said . 'This is the final straw and someone has to say , `` Enough ! '' . 'What can we do after this ? We pay a fine , we say goodbye to a great competition . And then there is a new game , and again there are flares and again there are chants , everything that should not be . 'Sorry , but I had to say this because as players responding to the call for the national team , to do your job - of course it would scare them . Who is going to come to play for the national team under these conditions ? 'They all have a big dream . A big dream for little Montenegro is to appear in the big competition - but in these conditions ? ' Akinfeev was treated in a local hospital after the early incident , but the 28-year-old was able to travel back to Moscow with his team-mates later in the evening . Team doctor Edward Bezuglov told the Russian Football Federation 's ( RFU ) website that the goalkeeper had been diagnosed with ' a concussion and burns to the neck ' . And the player himself issued a short statement on www.rfs.ru , saying : ' I want to say thank you to all those who supported me . I feel fine now . 'Unfortunately these things can happen sometimes in football . But I hope nothing like this ever happens again in Montenegro or any other country in the world . ' Fans holding flares cut intimidating figures from the roof of the stadium in Podgorica . Russia head coach Fabio Capello scratches his head as players leave the pitch after the match is abandoned . Riot police clash with Montenegrin fans after the game is abandoned following a pitch brawl . Russia coach Fabio Capello also felt the game should have been stopped after Akinfeev was hit by the flare , a course of action requested officially by the RFU in communication with UEFA 's match delegate . RFU president Nikolai Tolstoy said : 'After the match the RFU filed an official protest to UEFA . 'We had warned the UEFA delegate immediately after the incident in the first minute , when our goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was hit by a flare . The decision to continue the game after the episode was made by the delegate after consultations . 'The team were forced to continue the match but I want to stress that we warned the delegates and have filed a protest to UEFA . In our view , the match should be forfeited by Montenegro . '' Capello added : 'We are waiting for the decision of the match delegate . But in my opinion the game should have been stopped immediately . '
Montenegro 's Euro 2016 qualifier with Russia abandoned after mass brawl . Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev earlier hit in the head with a flare . FA general secretary blasts their fans as hypocrites and 'barbarians ' Russian Football Union demands to be awarded victory .