Soccer ref bitten on testicle by child

I mean, do you need more information?

Did you even read the article? I haven’t even clicked on it, but the title of the article and the summary in the infobox quite clearly say referee.

Dang it, you’re right. I misread it. Thanks for the heads-up. I type faster than I think I guess.

No foul, as long as the kid didn’t use his hands.

I don’t know about Europe, but in America it’s customary for even the refs to wear cups.

In a moment of Human Resources caprice and irony, the referee was sacked.

That’s nuts!

That was sure a ballsy move by the kid.

I don’t see how that’s possible unless the ref was sans underwear.
:notes: 'Cause I’m free, free balling…":notes:

He should at least try wearing junk drawers.

The only thing that surprises me about this is that it didn’t happen in the US.

Naah. In the US the tyke would have shot the ref, not bit him.

Have they done a paternity test with Luis Suarez?

Nah, Suarez only likes to bite shoulders, that brat seems to be made of sterner stuff.

And btw., the caption of the photo in the article “stock photo of a soccer ref” is dead wrong. No soccer ref in history ever wore striped gear, a cap or made that gesture. It’s obviously a ref from some US sport, I think baseball.

That’s US gridiron football referee garb & signals.

But your point stands. Whatever the heck that person is doing, he’s not officiating a Fußball game in Germany.

Crap stock photo. But about one one might expect from a crap US media outlet reporting on a minor league or amateur sporting event from halfway around the world.

I don’t know anything about soccer, but I did a Google image search for “soccer referee” and while the vast majority don’t look like that, a small number do. The pic below is supposedly the ref of some kids’ soccer team. The brat on the left looks like he’s objecting to the ref’s call and will probably bite him on the testicles.

As for the gesture in the OP pic, I believe that’s the international hand signal for “This game is over as I have a sudden injury in my private parts!”.

The crossed arms would not be above the head.

Surely that would earn the miscreant a red card, not a yellow?

I’m seeing a LOT of cracking up in the break room of the ER.

~VOW