Violence in Rosario soccer: a player knocked out a referee in the middle of the game and was arrested

A new episode of violence shook Rosario's soccer. During a match between Defensores de Funes and September 7 for the First B of the Rosarina Association, the referee of the match, Jesús Campreher, was brutally

assaulted by a player.

The incident originated amid complaints and a riot inside the camp over a protest. In this context, a soccer player from the visiting team attacked the judge with fist blows to the face, causing him to collapse.

"The game was inconsequential, nothing was happening to make something like that happen,” Campreher said. According to his testimony, the aggressor had already shown a hostile attitude from the start: "He complained about everything from the first few minutes. I even spoke to the captain to calm him down. I admonished him, he insults me and when I go to take out the red one is when he hits me. I don't see it coming because I was on my back.”

The referee detailed the violence of the attack: “I was about to pull out the red one because he insulted me out loud and here came the first pineapple. I felt the blows, I was left on the floor and I bled.” In addition, he revealed the seriousness of the consequences: "In the second stroke I lost consciousness for about ten seconds.”