Brazilian Player charged with attempted murder after attacking referee

Brazilian Player charged with attempted murder after attacking referee

by Joseph Anthony
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A screen grab of the shocking incident

A Brazilian footballer has been charged with attempted murder after he brutally kicked a referee in the head during a lower league game in the south of the country.

The player, William Ribeiro of Sport Club Sao Paulo, attacked the referee after he awarded a foul against him during a league game away to Guarani on Monday.
The game was halted 14 minutes into the second half while referee Rodrigo Crivellaro was taken to hospital. He was later released.
โ€œI decidedโ€ฆ to charge the lad with attempted murder because in my perception of the case he took the risk of (inflicting) a lethal outcome,โ€ the officer in charge of the case told Brazilian portal UOL.
The attack took place on Sport Club Sao Pauloโ€™s 113th anniversary.
The club called the incident โ€œone of the saddest in its historyโ€ and said it had summarily fired Ribeiro and was examining what further action it might take.
The small club from Rio Grande, a city of around 200,000 people approximately 320km south of the state capital Porto Alegre, play in the second division of the Rio Grande do Sul state championship.
Mondayโ€™s match was halted and restarted a day later with Guarani winning 1-0, the state football federation said.

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