Brazil Nuts: Coach pushes over a player before punching the ref in the gob
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Credit to Off The Post for bringing this story to light.
The incident comes from Sunday’s Paulista A2 meeting between Comercial Ribeirao Preto and Gremio Catanduvens, where Comercial coach Pedro Santilli (pictured) appeared to lose all sense of reason as the manager began throwing his weight around pitch-side, leading to two separate assaults.
For an unknown reason, most likely seeing his side trailing to his opponents, Pedro Santilli lost his head midway through the second half.
A second ball appeared on the pitch which allowed Santilli an opportunity to run onto the turf. Returning with the ball in his arms, the mature coach deliberately barged into a Catanduvens player, the player immediately hurling himself to the ground after being clattered into by the surprise attack.
Looking to defuse the situation, the referee, Flavio Rodrigues de Souza, called Santilli over for a quiet word with the coach. But rather than apologise for his unprovoked attack, the coach went even further by punching the match official in his mouth.
Brilliantly Santilli did not wait to be dismissed, heading off the pitch with the ball still under his arm.
The crazy incident from Brazil can be seen here.
5 Responses to “Brazil Nuts: Coach pushes over a player before punching the ref in the gob”
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April 13th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
why does the player fall like hes been stabbed. What a Cock.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
because the player wasnt expecting it so it obviously shocked him, why are you commenting about the player being a “cock” when the manager is the one being a “cock”…
April 14th, 2009 at 6:12 am
obviously the manager’s a cock, but players being pussies like that is setting an equally bad example.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
The player was so shocked that he fell over and rolled around as though he’d been shot in the stomach, instead of being lightly barged by a pot-bellied old man? When did football become a non-contact sport? Granted Santilli did make a little too much contact and not the right kind of contact either but still. Shocking stuff all round from the manager, the player and Tim.
April 14th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
agreed! Shocking! the player is an idiot! grow up! you’re not 8 anymore! Rugby is a contact sport as the belwo link shows. Amazingly only two players were sent off!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7997013.stm