Saturday's game at Betis' Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium was halted with 18 minutes remaining after Athletic goalkeeper Armando Ribeiro was struck in the face by a bottle thrown from the stands behind the goal.

Armando, who was bleeding from a cut just below his right eye, was stretchered off the pitch and referee Carlos Clos Gomez subsequently took the teams off.

Athletic were leading 2-1 when the match was halted, with the visiting Basque side having just moments beforehand re-taken the lead through David Lopez's 66th-minute penalty.

Now as far as Garcia Macua is concerned the game is over and a suitably harsh punishment must be sought to prevent future incidents such as these.

He said: "It is impossible for this game to be finished off normally now. The proof is in what we've already seen.

"If the punishment handed down is for the game to be played out in La Cartuja rather than in the Ruiz de Lopera then we would disagree.

"Closing the stadium, especially when you play elsewhere in your own city, is something that has no effect, and the effect we want is one which will discourage this behaviour.

"A financial punishment is not effective either, as it would be a drop in the ocean in the overall budget of the club, and now an incident such as this has happened again."

Saturday's episode was the second time in just over a year that such an incident has taken place at Betis' home ground.

Last February, Sevilla coach Juande Ramos was knocked unconscious by a bottle thrown from the stands during a Copa del Rey quarter-final second-leg match against Betis, resulting in that game being abandoned as well.

Betis were handed a three-match stadium ban for that incident in 2007, while the game itself was played again starting from the 57th minute - the time it was abandoned - at the neutral venue of Getafe's Coliseum Alfonso Perez.

However, Garcia Macua believes this incident is different and has more in common with the Euro 2008 qualifier between Denmark and Sweden in June which was abandoned at 3-3 when a Danish fan ran onto the pitch and assaulted the referee.

In that incident the game was abandoned and UEFA handed the away side a 3-0 win.

"The circumstances are not the same (as the Ramos incident)," added Garcia Macua.

"It appears to me that in a situation such as this the game should be deemed finished. It's the second incident here and what has happened is extremely serious."

He added: "If some madman had jumped onto the pitch and attacked the referee, as happened in the Denmark-Sweden case, the match would be considered finished and administrative and financial punishments imposed.

"How do we quantify what has happened in Ruiz de Lopera?"

While Garcia Bacua was quick to applaud the Betis directors for their behaviour and support following the incident, he is well aware that the Seville club will oppose any decision which deems the result as finished.

Immediately after the game club director Manuel Castano said: "We believe that we have the right to play the minutes that remain."