Probably the best U-14 football brawl you will see today

Approximately 100 per cent of football matches in South America feature an outbreak of violence, something that is apparently taught from a young age.

In this recent encounter between Boca Juniors and River Plate’s U-14 sides, a brawl was sparked when the ref awarded a late penalty. Boca’s coach Roberto Pompei interjected to show his disgust with the decision, and within seconds a massive ruck broke out.

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Psychotic pitch invader throws cup tie into disarray

South America’s reputation as the global epicentre of football violence was bolstered yesterday thanks to an incident that occurred during the Copa Sudamericana match between Bolivia’s Blooming and Uruguay’s River Plate.

Shortly after River Plate capitalised on a hideous goalkeeping error [0.12 in the video], a knife-wielding fan ran onto the pitch and attacked River’s Henry Gimenez. Thankfully, the moronic supporter was subdued before he could get “stabby”, but the referee had no option but to abandon the game. Blooming fans weren’t particularly happy with this decision, and proceeded to pelt the pitch with missiles and flares.

The was the first leg of the cup tie, and it’s currently not known whether River will be allowed to advance directly to the next stage, or if the authorities will risk playing out the return leg.

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First recorded sighting of extremely rare event a bit of a disappointment

Spectators at the friendly between Boca Juniors and River Plate in Argentina this weekend can count themselves amongst the fortunate few to have ever witnessed a “batgoal”, in which the scorer knocks the ball over the line while hanging from the crossbar.

An event as rare as a sighting of a rothschildianum orchid in the wild, this batgoal, while not much to look at, was clearly too much for the referee to take in. He swiftly parped his