SHAME! PORTUGUESE SUPERSTAR GONCALVES BANNED FOR LIFE....

Canelas 2010 a 4th tier Portuguese has banned their  team forward Marco Goncalves  from the club for life for an act of unprofessionalism after he hit the referee with the knee in the face- even though he claims he does not remember doing it. He said;

"I don't remember hitting him," he told SIC.  "He was pushing me.
"You are telling me it was a knee... maybe it was. If that's the case, I really want to apologise to the referee, his family and Rio Tinto.
"He [the opposition player] said to me: 'You son of a bitch, death to your mother!' And I asked: 'Huh?' I put my arm on him and he threw himself to the floor like a baby, crying. 
"The referee ran towards me out of nowhere and he pulls out the red card. I did not attack him, I did what I said. I was being insulted."

Problem started when Goncalves clashed with a defender after a challenge, and hit him sending him to the ground, when the referee intervened by issuing him a red card to send him off, only worsened it as he sent the match official tumbling on the ground too.

The attack sparked chaos on the field,  as the match was abandoned and players were escorted off the pitch by the police.

Incredibly, the game in the fourth tier of Portugal's district league was just two minutes

 The team released a statement through their facebook page of their support for the referees action and the instant dismissal of the player from the team[Goncalves will never wear the jersey for the club again].



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