A coach butts a football wise in a brutal way. His club punishes him (video)
The Brazilian club Desportivo Virubiaria announced the termination of the contract of its coach, Rafael Soriano, after he brutally headbutted a flag in the face during a match in a local championship in the state of Espirito Santo.
The club said in a statement that it "condemns all and any kind of violence, whether physical or verbal, especially against women."
"We declare our solidarity with the assistant referee, Marcelli Neto, and we are ready for any assistance."
O significado de ignorância e violência estampados em um vídeo.
Até quando veremos agressões no futebol?
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The attack, whose video clip was widely spread on social media, came during the quarter-final match of the Nova Venezia City Cup, which Desportivo lost 1-3 to Nova Venezia, which qualified for the semi-finals.
The coach was protesting the referee's whistle at the end of the first half, while his team was preparing to take a corner kick, so Soriano entered the field to demand an explanation for this matter from referee Artur Gomes.
For his part, coach Rafael Soriano said: "I did not attack the assistant referee, and she is deceitful. She wants people's sympathy and gains her position by taking advantage of the fact that she is only a woman, and if she was harmed, as she says, I am ready to go to the police station and open an investigation there, and she is transferred to the hospital and examined."
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