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Sunday, 18 January 2009
Referee Sends Off 19 Players
A football referee issued 19 red cards as a regional match ended up in a brawl. The regional first division clash between Recreativo Linense and Saladillo Algesiras took place in the southern province of Cadiz. With Lisense leading 1-0, a fight broke out between two players. The exchange quickly escalated into a mass brawl involving several players and some spectators who invaded the pitch. Unable to restore order, referee Jose Manuel Barro Escandon fled to the locker room and stopped the match. In his post-match report, he wrote that he had sent off 19 players.
Full story HERE.
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