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Swiss referee gives Young Boys the finger during cup match


Ref flips the bird at lairy fans

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Referee Massimo Busacca, the man tasked with overseeing Man United’s schooling at the hands of Barcelona in last year’s Champions League final, was embroiled in sweary scandal this weekend after pointing with the wrong finger during a Swiss Cup game between third division minnows FC Baden and Swiss Super League runners-up, Young Boys (who infamously play at the lap dance-hosting Wankdorf.)

Home team Baden took a shock lead after nine minutes, which set off a mini pitch invasion and  prompted Busacca, whose history of refereeing incidents on Wikipedia reads like an instruction manual on ‘how to lose friends and enrage people’, to order a loudspeaker announcement for fans to stop scaling the fences.

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Posted: September 21st, 2009 by Richard Gilzene