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WATCH: Ugly Scenes In Argentina As Referee Is Attacked

WATCH: Ugly Scenes In Argentina As Referee Is Attacked

Incredibly violent scenes at the end of the game

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

There were incredibly ugly scenes in Argentina yesterday in a game between Sarmiento and Sansienna, with the two sides contesting a Federal B match.

The referee did not award a penalty for Sarmiento with the score at 1-1 around 20 minutes into the second half and just moments later the visitors were ahead when Sansienna player Juan Pablo Schefer beat the goalkeeper at his near post.

Sarmiento players were absolutely livid and surrounded the referee, though one of the players tried to stop his players and stood infront of the official to protect him.

The game was suspended and sparked into chaos when home fans ran on the pitch and attacked the referee Claudio Elichiri and his assistants Juan Chaparro and Juan Bardas. Some players and police attempted to escort the officials off the premises but supporters continued their assaults in what was unbelievably violent scenes on the pitch.

Watch the horrible turn of events that unfolded in the following clip:


Referee Claudio Elichiri suffered all sorts of cuts and bruises following the attack.

The referee was understandably upset with what happened to him in the game and he provided his version of his events - saying that Sarmiento players were first to attack him.

Speaking on the Good People programme aired by Radio Province, he said:

"I can not even lift my lips. It was unexpected. I took a player for insults, another sticking behind me and there all over. Those who were first hit me Sarmiento players. There were many people, very few police in and I could not do anything. I did not assault no leader.

"At the time I did not know what to do, I cannot believe it. It is the first time something like this happens. I have three children, it gives you an impotence. Everything is wrong, society is wrong.

"Until present the report can not say anything about the perpetrators of the attack. I gave four points below the left eye.

"I hope that once and for all this is over. You have to cut, to punish who has punished. They can not grind you to death in a field. There has to be a tough sanction. I could not go to the graduation ceremony of my daughter in the garden. When I got home, we both hugged and cried with my wife. I never thought this would happen."

There's no place for this in football, no matter what country or league.

(h/t Clarin.com)

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