Being a football referee in South America is one of the most dangerous jobs on the world. Who could forget the Brazilian referee who was decapitated by a group of fans a few years back?
Especially when dealing with lower tier leagues, you’ll be lucky to escape the pitch at full-time without being brutally assaulted. All you have to do is make a call that someone disagrees with. Which brings us to this 3rd division game in Argentina between Deportivo Independencia and Garmense…
Lamentable, indignante y repudiable lo ocurrido en un partido de tercera división en La Liga Regional de Tres Arroyos 🇦🇷 entre el Deportivo Independencia vs Garmense , Dalma Cortadi jueza principal recibe un brutal y cobarde golpe por detrás de Cristian Tirone.
Via: @CLMerlo pic.twitter.com/MuSH7oP8hd
— Showfutboleo (@showfutboleo) July 31, 2022
Welp, if you thought having a female referee out there would make a blind bit of difference, there goes that theory. Not only are the fans scumbags, but it turns out the players are too! The good news is that the player, 34-year-old Cristian Tirone, was arrested shortly after and given a lifetime ban, so at least someone out there realises that punching out a referee for showing you a yellow card isn’t an OK thing to do.
Big up referee Dalma Cortadi for taking that shot like a champ, though. Yeah OK she went down pretty hard but she popped right back up. Hopefully she’s all healed up and back officiating in no time.
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