Tag Archives: red card
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Soccer Player Kicks Opponent to the Ground, Then Kicks the Ball at Him (Video)
In America, an example of good sportsmanship in the game of soccer would be helping your opponent get back to his feet after knocking him to the ground, while an example of bad sportsmanship would be kicking the ball at him while he’s on the ground. I’m assuming that’s the case in pretty much every [...]
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Coach Chokes Referee, Fans Throw Stones at Linesman During Wild Soccer Match in Brazil (Video)
Sure, we may have posted a clip of a soccer referee attacking a player earlier today, but that is very rarely the case. Usually, it is the referees that are the victims of the abuse, whether it be from the players, fans or coaches. And that was just the case during the Copa Sul dos [...]
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Moroccan Soccer Player Delivers Studs To Opponent’s Head (Video)
Last week we told you about the controversial red card that was handed to Manchester United’s Nani following a dangerous studs-up tackle during his club’s 2-1 loss to Real Madrid in UEFA Champions League play. That decision by the official essentially cost Man United the match and a shot at winning their fourth UCL title, [...]
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UEFA Champions League: Nani’s Red Card the Difference as Real Madrid Beat Manchester United (Video)
Anytime two historic soccer clubs like Manchester United and Real Madrid square off against one another, it is bound to attract plenty of attention worldwide. Today’s UEFA Champions League match-up between the two teams at Old Trafford was no different, and now the world is talking about Nani‘s controversial red card that effectively turned the [...]
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Sevilla’s Gary Medel Kicks Chair at Police Officer During Copa del Rey Loss (Videos)
There was a lot at stake for Sevilla FC in the second leg of their Copa del Rey pairing against Atletico Madrid. If they won the game by two goals, that would have put them in the finals against Real Madrid. And since Real Madrid will almost certainly go straight through to the main draw [...]
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Mario Balotelli Given Nine-Match Ban For This Dangerous Tackle On Alex Song (Video)
Mario Balotelli was left off the Italian National Soccer Team’s roster for their friendly against the United States just over one month ago because of a four-match ban he had received for a stomp on Scott Parker during an English Premier League match against Tottenham. It was his third red card of the EPL season. [...]
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Soccer Player Given Red Card For Diving As He’s Carted Off On A Stretcher (Video)
Soccer players may have a knack for diving, but that doesn’t mean some of their injuries aren’t real ones. At least that is what I have been led to believe after years of watching the sport. As for the referee of this Belgian amateur league match, he isn’t buying any of that. He doesn’t care [...]
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Roma’s Erik Lamela Kicks Juve’s Giorgio Chiellini In The Groin (Videos)
It may be hard to see it in detail, but if you look closely at the bottom of the screen at around the six-second mark of the video below, you will notice one man in a white shirt kicking another man in a pink shirt in the groin (yes, even men who wear pink shirts [...]
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Yoav Ziv Gets Red Card For Kicking Shoe At Referee (Video)
It was clearly no accident when Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Yoav Ziv kicked his shoe at a referee during yesterday’s UEFA Europa League match against Stoke City FC. With that being said, I would love to hear the explanation offered by Ziv to the head referee before he was issued a straight red card for his [...]
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Peru’s Juan Manuel Vargas Delivers An Elbow To The Face (Video)
With Peru’s surprising run at the 2011 Copa America looking like it was about to come to an end, as they trailed Uruguay 2-0 during their semi-final match last night, Juan Manuel Vargas was not about to go out quietly. Instead, he made some noise, in the form of an elbow to the face of [...]
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El Clasico Was Pretty Classic Yesterday (Videos)
Thing couldn’t have gone any worse for Real Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final match against Barcelona at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu yesterday. Not only did they lose the game by a score of 2-0 – both goals coming off the foot of Lionel Messi – but they would also receive [...]
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Soccer Player Sent Off For Tackling Streaker (Video)
Here is a story that will make you ask yourself, “What was he thinking?” During a non-league soccer match in England, a player was sent off for tackling a streaker to the ground. Teammates, members of the opposition and stewards were all pleased to see Dorchester Town player/manager Ashley Vickers wrestle a streaker wearing a [...]
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Soccer Keeper Sent Off 10 Seconds Into Game…That Has To Be Some Sort Of Record (Video)
If you thought John Arne Riise’s Champions League mishap was embarrassing, wait until you see this! Whatever game plan Ebbsfleet United had going into their match against Farnborough, it had to be abandoned shortly after the opening whistle as they found themselves down a goal and a goalkeeper only 10 seconds in. After playing the [...]
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Chinese Soccer Ref Runs For His Life As Angry Players Chase Him Down
Total Pro Sports – It has been proven before by porn star Natalia Zeta and Mexican international coach Javier Aguirre, that sometimes the real action in soccer games occurs off the pitch, rather than on it. That was somewhat true in a recent game played in Shandong, China. During the match between Tianjin and Bejing, [...]
