César Flores was refereeing an amateur soccer match in the Córdoba province of Argentina when he sent one player off. In anger, the player left the field to get something from his bag. A short time later, the player returned to the field with a gun and shot the ref to death.
The violence in Argentina football is unparalleled. There has been more than 70 killings related to hooliganism since 2000. Not to mention the countless beatings, and small scale riots that occur between fans and police, fans and fans, and players vs players.
All of this obviously has crippled many of the prominent teams in the country. Parents dont want their children coming up in a system that walks side by side with such mayhem. When the opportunity comes via a European club calling, they tend to take it without hesitation. And why wouldn't they, who wants their kid playing in league where there is such violence?
Fortunately there are people standing up to this craziness 'Salvemos al Futbol' is an Argentine organization thats trying its best eliminate violence from the sport, and its gaining traction in the country.
pathetic sport....full of drama queens & bad sportsmanship.
I don't know where these kids are getting the idea that the most popular sport in the world attracts the most violence, could be they never learned the terms "generalization" or correlation is not equal to causation. Never seen a riot after a hockey game? Never seen a batter charge a pitcher with a bat? Real football can include matches between nations, unlike American football, nobody would care enough to play against the U.S.