Referee Attacked After Red Card
Source: Yahoo! Sport, 21 July 2010 04:00
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REF THROTTLED AFTER SHOWING
RED
A Paraguayan football player resorted
to the ultimate in dissent after being dismissed during a
match: he tried to throttle the referee.
Jose
Pedroso of Chilean second-tier side Rangers had
been sent off for a wild tackle during his side's 3-0 loss to
Deportes Concepcion, and in his fury grabbed referee
Marcelo Miranda from
behind and throttled him with his arm.
Pedroso's stunned team-mates stepped in to
wrestle him away from the match official as an already
chaotic match descended into bedlam: the incident occurred
shortly after the referee had ordered a penalty to be
re-taken three times.
The player has now left the club after
discussions with Rangers' chairman Elias
Vistoso.
"We spoke to him and he has resigned," Vistoso told
El Mercurio. "We know the punishment awaiting him will not be
small."
But amazingly, Pedroso has still refused to
apologise for his actions and claims he will head back to his
home nation with his head held high.
"I'm not sorry," he said. "I was being persecuted by
the referee, because it's the third time he has sent me off,
and I think I made a grave error but what's done is
done."
To see video footage of the incident click
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