Referee stabs player during a soccer match in Brazil – Corriere.it

Surreal scenes and inconceivable violence in Brazil during a soccer match. success in the state of Minas Gerais at a minor tournament. A 25-year-old player was stabbed by the referee after the referee’s award of a penalty caused vehement protests on the pitch. The police intervened on the spot and the witnesses said that the two, referee and victim, started arguing following the assignment of the penalty, one of the many scenes that are seen around the world at every match.

A football referee is a player during a fight in a football championship in the city of Monte Claros, 450 km from Belo Horizonte, this Sunday (16). pic.twitter.com/boDhXCIPGM

— Record TV Minas (@recordtvminas) April 17, 2023

Only this time the situation suddenly worsened: the referee’s son handed his father a knife and with this the 47-year-old attacked and hit the player several times. After the incident, the father and son (aged 14) fled the camp by car, but were spotted and arrested during a police chase. The race director claimed in his defense that he had acted for self-defense, after being assaulted by several players on the pitch. The knife used to injure the footballer was found inside the car. Che was rescued and transported to the hospital, while an investigation procedure for personal injuries was initiated against the race director – who was released together with his son after interrogation at the police headquarters.