Post by Farthing on Jul 31, 2006 18:26:19 GMT 10
Friendship, Argentina style
From correspondents in Buenos Aires
July 31, 2006
FOUR players were sent off and a tunnel brawl has delayed play for eight minutes during a match in Argentina's Friendship Cup
Trouble broke out in the second half after Gimnasia-La Plata striker Martin Cardetti and San Lorenzo defender Pablo Quatrocchi were red-carded for fighting.
The pair insulted each other as they entered the tunnel, with players and officials from both benches joining the brawl along with security officials.
Argentina media reports said San Lorenzo coach Oscar Ruggeri was punched by a Gimnasia official.
The teams, which play in the first division, returned to the field to complete the game, which ended scoreless.
San Lorenzo finished with eight men as Diego Rivero was sent off before half-time for a second bookable offence followed by Sebastian Mendez early in the second half.
The Friendship Cup is a warm-up for the Argentina season which starts next weekend.
"It was madness," Gimnasia coach Pedro Troglio told La Nacion newspaper. "I didn't expect anything like this. It was a bad way for a friendly to end."
Reuters
From correspondents in Buenos Aires
July 31, 2006
FOUR players were sent off and a tunnel brawl has delayed play for eight minutes during a match in Argentina's Friendship Cup
Trouble broke out in the second half after Gimnasia-La Plata striker Martin Cardetti and San Lorenzo defender Pablo Quatrocchi were red-carded for fighting.
The pair insulted each other as they entered the tunnel, with players and officials from both benches joining the brawl along with security officials.
Argentina media reports said San Lorenzo coach Oscar Ruggeri was punched by a Gimnasia official.
The teams, which play in the first division, returned to the field to complete the game, which ended scoreless.
San Lorenzo finished with eight men as Diego Rivero was sent off before half-time for a second bookable offence followed by Sebastian Mendez early in the second half.
The Friendship Cup is a warm-up for the Argentina season which starts next weekend.
"It was madness," Gimnasia coach Pedro Troglio told La Nacion newspaper. "I didn't expect anything like this. It was a bad way for a friendly to end."
Reuters
