ORit happened this past weekend in Canary Islands and in the last hours the video of the event has transcended. At the end of the match on the sixth day of the Inter-island Youth League Come in RC Victoria B and CD San Juan Tres Palmas, the referee Leandro Negrín Montesdeoca was the object of a double assault by a player and the coach of the visiting team.
The account of the events in the arbitration report is shocking: “Once the match is over but still on the field of play, a dispute is formed between players of both teams, before which, the referee team proceeds to distance themselves of said situation in order to witness the facts in case it had been necessary to adopt any arbitration decision in this regard, the number 8 expelled from the CD San Juan team quickly approaches, and he hits me hard with his closed hand in the shape of a fist in the face, specifically in the jaw, at the same time directing the following terms against me: “I’m going to slit your neck, I’ll wait for you outside, son of a bitch”, collect the minutes to which you have had access MARK.
But there was a second aggression and this is how the referee details it: “Immediately afterwards, the coach expelled from the same team approached me, and, with his hand closed in the form of a fist, repeatedly hits me hard on the head, especially also on the jaw, combining these actions with forceful kicks that hit me in the legs, not being able to have any reaction capacity in order to avoid such blows in the face of their speed and force, getting to corner me in an area of the field of play, at the same time that he directed the following terms against me: “You haven’t come here to laugh at my piece of shit, I’m going to kill you, I’m going to kill you, you’re not going to leave the field alive”, continuing in that position and being separated from me by the intervention of components of both teams “.
The collegiate, surrounded
In the video, which the portal has published ZonaAmarilla.es, a large part of the account made by the referee is confirmed in the minutes and specifically the aggression of the coach of San Juan is seen and how had to flee after receiving several blows, being surrounded by crowds of people in a corner from the Jorge Pulido soccer field in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Minutes later Several teams from the National Police Force were present that collected the arbitrator’s complaint, which later had to be treated for injuries.
The Technical Committee of Referees of Las Palmas made public the same day of the attack a statement in which they stated that “we condemn and express our rejection of this type of unjustified acts towards our colleague, as well as our support and solidarity with him at this time “.
He too CD San Juan Tres Palmas, whose player and coach attacked the referee, issued a statement condemning “all the incidents that occurred in the game,” while stating that “Violence in sport will always have a TOTAL rejection by our club”. The club too announced the dismissal of the hitherto coach of the Youth team.
