Benfica player knocks out referee

[Ruhr]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpCk3UUGG_U[/youtube]

match ended after some 40 minutes

 

[lancs blue]

Obvious dive.

 

[Dobsy]

Don't think that it would have done that to him but the guy did ram his shoulder in his face.

 

[jimharri]

The names Alcock and Di Canio spring to mind.

 

[Unknown_Genius]

Referees getting in on diving too.

 

[Crouchinho]

Very hard to see how it happened even on the replays. Daft player

 

[Ruhr]

by the way, it was Luisao, the brazilian international

 

[Blue Haze]

lol he collapsed like Mike Tyson cracked his jaw. Too bad the cameras don't show what happened.

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

Anybody know the official take on what happened ? - the camera doesn't quite catch it and I cant really see an act of violence more thinking of a freak accident.

 

[Ruhr]

Bodycheck.

After that the referee ended the match. Düsseldorf is now demanding compensation from Benfica for the 25.000 fans watching the match

 

[Andouble]

how are players supposed to 'respect the game and the officials' when the refs do the same thing when touched. He went down like he got knocked the fuck out. He should lose his license.

 

[Ruhr]

i think, he just didn´t expect to be hit. Better picture here at 0.16.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4a56bQr0sk[/youtube]

 

[baylorblue]

If he hits the back of his head on the ground it's quite conceivable that he could have been knocked out.

 

[Martyn]

Its funny how the players continue to argue with him when he's flat out!!

 

[u2fme2]

The ref should be booked for diving, shocking acting
from the ref.

 

[SambaStyle]

ref got worse chin than Amir Khan

 

[kunaguero10]

If he hits the back of his head on the ground it's quite conceivable that he could have been knocked out.

he seemed to be out while he was falling though.

surely if he was still conscious we would have tried to resist the fall?