Within the pantheon of weird crimson playing cards, Lucas Souza of Metropolitano within the Brazilian second tier could have put himself very close to the highest.
The 31-year-old striker was on the bench for the primary leg of the Santa Catarina Championship Serie B semi-finals in opposition to Carlos Renaux, however just for 62 minutes as he received caught urinating right into a bottle.
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Footage confirmed referee Adriano Roberto de Souza marching over to the Metropolitano bench to brandish a crimson card and be met with indignant protests by the house staff.
Main Brazilian outlet Globo claimed that fourth official Ruan Alessandro Kanitz noticed Souza utilizing a bottle to alleviate himself and alerted the match referee.
In addition they cite his match report which confirmed the shock story.
De Souza wrote after the 1-1 draw: “I despatched off the participant instantly after being knowledgeable by the fourth referee that Lucas de Souza Santos was urinating right into a plastic bottle on his bench.
“After being despatched off, he left the sector usually.”
Souza solely not too long ago arrived at Metropolitano and has performed simply seven video games with out registering a purpose or help.
And he’ll now be lacking for the return leg away at Carlos Renaux, the place a win and victory within the remaining would grant entry to the highest tier state elite leagues.
Footballers having rest room mishaps throughout video games is nothing new, nevertheless it’s not typically that they end in sanctions, not to mention these as extreme as a crimson card.
In 2009, former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was noticed urinating behind a purpose whereas taking part in for Stuttgart within the Champions League and will properly have been punished.
Fortunately for him, the referee and his assistants failed to identify the infraction which occurred when he surprisingly jumped over an promoting hoarding and headed behind his personal purpose.
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The shot stopper needed to lower his break quick as Romanian facet Unirea Urziceni immediately regained possession and attacked his purpose, however Stuttgart managed to carry on for a 3-1 victory.
Talking post-match, their director or sport, Horst Heldt, stated: “I believed he dealt with it very expertly.
“It was a difficult scenario. He might hardly run into the dressing room whereas play was happening.
“It jogged my memory of the Tour de France – generally there are merely no choices.”
A more moderen instance occurred in 2020 when Eric Dier sprinted off the pitch whereas taking part in for Tottenham in opposition to Chelsea.
Dier immediately shot down the tunnel with quarter-hour to play within the Carabao Cup fourth spherical tie with Spurs a purpose down.
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Jose Mourinho was livid with what he was witnessing and chased Dier down the tunnel as Chelsea virtually made it 2-0.
Nevertheless, Dier shortly reemerged and would go on to attain within the shoot-out victory after Erik Lamela’s late equaliser.
The English defender was named Man of the Match, and hilariously posted an image of his award on the bathroom with the caption ‘The actual M.O.M’.
Talking post-game, he stated: “He (Mourinho) wasn’t glad however there was nothing I might do about it actually.
“Nature was calling! There was an opportunity after I wasn’t on the pitch however fortunately they did not rating.”
Mourinho himself commented: “With Eric you’ll be able to think about what occurred.
“For him to go away the pitch it was simple to think about what occurred.
“I knew it, I used to be simply pushing him to come back again as quickly as doable, as a result of no extra modifications, and one participant much less is the consequence of one thing not human that he did, which was to play two matches utterly dehydrated, drained, no vitality within the muscle mass.
“After all he isn’t taking part in Thursday as a result of I might undoubtedly kill him.”