Football match was abandoned after 10 red cards caused by crude goal celebration
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A football match in Brazil was abandoned after 10 red cards were dished out – and it was all because of a crude goal celebration.
The continent of South America absolutely loves the beautiful game, but the players of Vitoria and Bahia took their passion too far as they clashed in 2018.
There had already been six bookings in the first-half when the match descended into chaos after the restart.
Bahia were awarded a penalty which Vinicius scored before celebrating by imitating a sex act in front of the Vitoria fans.
Goalkeeper Fernando Miguel was furious and ran around the back of the goal to confront him.
That sparked an all-out brawl between not just those on the pitch, but also the substitutes.
Vitoria defender Kanu channeled his inner Tyson Fury and hit a defenceless Vinicius with a couple of brutal punches.
As he scampered away more scraps broke out between the opposing players.
In fact, it took 16 minutes for order to be restored, at which point the referee brandished eight red cards.
Can you recall a crazier match than this? Let us know in the comments section.
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Vinicius and Kanu were both given their marching orders, but Miguel somehow survived with just a yellow.
In total three Vitoria men were sent off and five from Bahia, including three from their bench.
Miraculously, the game was then restarted in the 50th minute because it was nine vs eight in Bahia's favour.
However, tensions were clearly still high and the full-time whistle was never blown.
Vitoria had two more players sent off with 11 minutes to go, leaving them with just five outfield and Miguel in net.
As they were below to threshold of eight needed to continue, the referee called a halt to proceedings.
With the match abandoned Bahia were awarded a 3-0 victory in what is certainly one of the craziest games in football history.
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