Brazil takes football seriously.

by **Haggis_McMutton** on Mon Jul 08, 2013 1:58 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/07/brazilian-referee-decapitated-stabs-player

Police in northern Brazil say one man has been arrested after a referee who fatally stabbed a player during a match was decapitated by spectators who stormed the field.

Local reports said the incident, which took place on 30 June in the remote Brazilian town of Pio XII, escalated when the player, 30-year-old Josenir dos Santos, became involved in an argument with the referee, Octavio da Silva.

As the confrontation became physical and Dos Santos refused to leave the field, Da Silva allegedly produced a knife and stabbed the player, who died while being taken to hospital.

Reports said that outraged spectators responded by running on to the field and stoning Da Silva, before severing his head and sticking it on a stake in the middle of the field.

by **waauw** on Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:04 pm

Haggis_McMutton wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/07/brazilian-referee-decapitated-stabs-player

Police in northern Brazil say one man has been arrested after a referee who fatally stabbed a player during a match was decapitated by spectators who stormed the field.

Local reports said the incident, which took place on 30 June in the remote Brazilian town of Pio XII, escalated when the player, 30-year-old Josenir dos Santos, became involved in an argument with the referee, Octavio da Silva.

As the confrontation became physical and Dos Santos refused to leave the field, Da Silva allegedly produced a knife and stabbed the player, who died while being taken to hospital.

Reports said that outraged spectators responded by running on to the field and stoning Da Silva, before severing his head and sticking it on a stake in the middle of the field.

*tears* I love stories with happy endings

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:09 pm

I read about this over the weekend to. I was a bit flabbergasted*.

* OED: To put (a person) in such confusion that he does not for the moment know what to do or say; to astonish utterly, to confound.

--Andy

by **jonesthecurl** on Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:11 pm

Haggis_McMutton wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/07/brazilian-referee-decapitated-stabs-player

Police in northern Brazil say one man has been arrested after a referee who fatally stabbed a player during a match was decapitated by spectators who stormed the field.

Local reports said the incident, which took place on 30 June in the remote Brazilian town of Pio XII, escalated when the player, 30-year-old Josenir dos Santos, became involved in an argument with the referee, Octavio da Silva.

As the confrontation became physical and Dos Santos refused to leave the field, Da Silva allegedly produced a knife and stabbed the player, who died while being taken to hospital.

Reports said that outraged spectators responded by running on to the field and stoning Da Silva, before severing his head and sticking it on a stake in the middle of the field.

yes but what was the score?

by **Woodruff** on Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:46 pm

They had to out-do Colombia somehow...

by **betiko** on Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:41 pm

jonesthecurl wrote:
Haggis_McMutton wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/07/brazilian-referee-decapitated-stabs-player

Police in northern Brazil say one man has been arrested after a referee who fatally stabbed a player during a match was decapitated by spectators who stormed the field.

Local reports said the incident, which took place on 30 June in the remote Brazilian town of Pio XII, escalated when the player, 30-year-old Josenir dos Santos, became involved in an argument with the referee, Octavio da Silva.

As the confrontation became physical and Dos Santos refused to leave the field, Da Silva allegedly produced a knife and stabbed the player, who died while being taken to hospital.

Reports said that outraged spectators responded by running on to the field and stoning Da Silva, before severing his head and sticking it on a stake in the middle of the field.

yes but what was the score?

Seriously.. A ref fataly stabbing a player??? With what, a sharpened yellow card prison style? First time i hear about a violent ref, he definitely deserved to be beheaded. Refs are just there to be insulted, if they start having a pride wonder where this society is going.