Referee Issued 12 Red Cards At a Time

Between the roar of the Euro 2012 event in the Ukrainian and Polish, interesting news emerged from another hemisphere, specifically in Brazil. Brawl between players takes place in a second division match in Campeonato Paulista (four strata of competition in Sao Paulo), so the referee issued 12 red card.

As reported by Globoesporte, the match between Votuporanguense against Fernandopolis it should be stopped after the unrest between the two sides broke out in the middle of the second half, while a score of 2-1 for a winning Votuporanguense.

Votuporanguense two-goal lead in the first half through Welisson and Gabriel. While Fernandopolis returned in the second half through a header Nininho. After that goal, the hosts were under pressure.

Goalkeeper Fernandopolis, Luan, got a red card due to a foul on striker Votuporanguense, Jairo, while one-on-one duel. Result has made ​​three changes, Jackson was asked to be goalkeeper. However, Leandro could not able to use a penalty into a goal.

After that, Fernandopolis players, Eli also got a red card for allegedly roughing up the opponent when the game only ten minutes remaining. And the noise starts with a red card incident which protested by the Fernandopolis players. Players from both teams was then hit and kicked each other, even the reserve players, too, running around chasing an opponent, punching and kicking.

The security forces tried to break up a fight with a co-entry into the field, but still could not dampen the emotions of both sides. One of the Fernandopolis defender, Fernando even suffered a broken arm in a fall while trying to avoid from swarm overhelm. He was immediately treated by medical teams.

As a result of the incident, the referee immediately stopped the match, as well as issue a total of 12 red cards to both sides. Votuporanguense was declared the winner, because the position of the lead 2-1 before the game was stopped. So far, the record for most red cards in one game was created in the game Claypole vs Victoriano Arenas, in Argentina. At that time, the referee Damian Rubino issued 36 red cards in one match, also caused an uproar.