Brazilian footballer despatched off simply three seconds into high flight match
A Brazilian striker was despatched off in a high flight division match on Saturday after hitting a rival together with his elbow simply three seconds right into a match.
Cruzeiro’s Rafa Silva left his staff one man down in what ended as a 3-0 defeat at Athletico Paranaense.
Silva hit Athletico’s Kaique Rocha barely under his neck as they challenged for the ball shortly after kick off.
Referee Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima duly despatched the 32-year-old Cruzeiro participant off for one of many earliest pink playing cards in soccer historical past.
Athletico is preventing towards relegation within the Brazilian league.
Cruzeiro is looking for one of many high positions to safe a direct berth within the subsequent version of the Copa Libertadores.
The staff from Belo Horizonte rested a few of its gamers for the match within the metropolis of Curitiba to allow them to recuperate for the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana at Argentina’s Lanus subsequent week. The primary leg ended 1-1.
