A young referee Salta League He received a brutal aggression after giving a yellow card to a footballer. Annoyed by the foul called against him, the player headbutted him in the face and fractured his septum. The 27-year-old victim will now have to undergo surgery.
The violent episode occurred last Saturday at the La Loma Sports Complex, where the “Los Profesionales” tournament has been played for years, a senior soccer category in which championships are held in which values such as camaraderie are spread. , sports solidarity and non-violence, reported the portal Salta Va News.
The referee, Franco Acosta, is part of the Union of Sports Referees of the Argentine Republic (SADRA) and provides services in the Salta league. In statements to The Tribune He recounted the wild episode in which the aggressor, identified as Jose Cardozo, broke his nose. “This is the second year that we direct in La Loma and I have never experienced a similar event,” she lamented.
“The attack occurred on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. He was directing the AA Engineers and Chemical Engineers B game, a Seniors game. After 10 minutes I called Mr. José Cardozo for the foul. I gave him a yellow card and he automatically cried out. He tells me it’s not a mistake. ‘He throws himself away, he’s late.’ I was 8 or 10 meters away from him and he came with open arms. There were no insults and that’s how he got to my position, so I thought he was still protesting, but he surprised me with a headbutt.”said the victim.
The footballer’s reaction surprised everyone present. The referee stated that at that moment he heard “everyone saying ‘what did you do?’” “And I was on the ground, I was already full of blood.”he added.
The property where the meeting was taking place had medical personnel who assisted Acosta a few minutes later and took him to a nearby medical center where he was diagnosed with a broken nose. “I have to have surgery”said the referee who will be away from the courts for a while.
Meanwhile, he will analyze whether he will take legal action against Cardozo. For now, he commented that he is consulting with Jorge Royano, SADRA representative in Salta. Regarding the aggressor, the authorities are analyzing an exemplary sanction after his brutal behavior.
After the complaint, judicial action is expected. A recent similar case that occurred in the city of La Plata ended with the aggressor arrested after attacking a referee who had sent him off in an amateur soccer match.
The aggressor, identified as Brian Milone30, was charged with serious injuries after the victim – Martín G. – underwent a series of medical tests after being knocked out.
The incident occurred on March 31 during a 5-a-side soccer tournament known as “Las Diagonales”, which was held at the Wimbledon complex, located in the La Plata town of Toulouse. At that time the referee was directing one of the sporting events, when he was attacked by the soccer player after he made the decision to expel him.
According to the police sources accessed Infobae, the aggressor punched the referee at the level of the right cheekbone, causing the victim to fall unconscious to the ground. Faced with this, the organizer of the event and a fellow referee were in charge of moving him to the Gonnet Hospital so that he could receive the necessary medical attention.
Once the man was received by the medical staff, several studies were performed, including a tomography and an x-ray that confirmed the presence of fissures on the right side of his face.
