In South America, it often happens that a mass fight breaks out at a football match, but it rarely happens even in a place where the referee has to send off 17 people. However, an exceptionally big scandal broke out during the clash between CDT Real Oruro and Blooming, the police tried to stop the rioting parties, who even used tear gas.
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Brutal crowd brawl, 17 shows – shocking chaos in the Bolivian cup match
The quarter-final, which ended with a 2-2 draw – after which Blooming’s team advanced – will be remembered for a long time, because after the whistle, tempers were completely unleashed, the players of the two teams roughly fell on each other. Crew members and coaches also got involved in the scuffle, and then the police present in the stadium had to intervene, who dispersed the crowd with tear gas. Unbelievable chaos developed on the field, a total of 20 police officers were needed to stop the trouble, and then Mauricio Soria, Blooming’s coach, took his players into the dressing room to calm them down.
The referee handed out a total of 17 red cards,
7 players from the Blooming team and 4 footballers from the Real Oruro team were sent to the exhibition.
As a result of the crowd brawl, Real Oruro coach Marcelo Robledo had to be taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his head, while one of Blooming’s employees, Cristian Mendez, suffered multiple facial fractures.