😳 Referee dishes out 36 red cards, what on earth happened in this match?! | OneFootball

Three red cards shown in the Club World Cup match between Boca Juniors and Benfica may seem like a lot at first. But a football match in Argentina, where the referee pulled out 36 red cards, showed that things can get even hotter. 36 (!) expulsions, or to put it another way: What the heck!?!?

In Argentina's fifth division, things escalated completely in 2011. The match between Claypole and Victoriano Arenas started off fairly harmless. In the first half, two players were sent off. It wasn't until after the break that things got more heated.

Kicks, tackles, and verbal exchanges continued to escalate the situation until a massive brawl broke out on the pitch. Not only players, but also coaches, substitutes, and even a few spectators were involved, according to a report by 'The Independent'.

Referee Damian Rubino's red cards didn't take long to follow. He showed all 11 players from both teams, as well as 14 other individuals, including substitutes and coaches, the red card.

He later noted this on the match report form. After the game, Victoriano Arenas coach Domingo Sganga explained, shocked: "They wanted to kill me!" His counterpart Sergio Micielli, on the other hand, thought the referee overreacted: "Most of them just wanted to calm things down."

A league match without historical rivalry ultimately ended with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.

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