Adam Lindin Ljungkvist, a footballer in Sweden, was shown a red card for farting during a match<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He added: ‘I asked the referee “what am I not allowed to break wind a little?” He replied “no”…I don’t get it but maybe he thought I farted in my hand and threw the fart at him. But I did not’.<\/p>\n
The aggrieved defender told\u00a0Aftonbladet: ‘To provoke anyone with a fart is not particularly smart or normal. It’s nonsense \u2013 I just broke wind and got a red card.<\/p>\n
‘I spoke to the referee afterwards, I was annoyed, but there were no bad words. I just said he was a buffoon.’<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the ‘crappy judgement’, he said: ‘I can only laugh about it. This has to be unprecedented, surely. I’ve never heard of anyone who has been sent off for doing a fart.’<\/p>\n
Opposition striker Kristoffer Linde told L\u00e4nstidningen S\u00f6dert\u00e4lje: ‘I was standing a good distance away but I heard the fart loud and clear. It’s the strangest thing I’ve seen on a pitch, and I’ve been playing football since I was eight years old.’<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe player was shown a red card by the official who perceived his breaking wind as a ‘deliberate provocation’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Explaining his decision, the referee Dany Kako said: ‘I perceived it as deliberate provocation. He did it on purpose and it was inappropriate. Therefore, he received a [second] yellow card.’<\/p>\n
The defiant official added: ‘Once there was a player who stood and peed next to the pitch. I showed him a yellow card, too.’<\/p>\n
The bizarre incident came in the closing moments of the match which\u00a0Pershagen SK lost 6-2 to\u00a0J\u00e4rna SK’s reserve team last Friday night.<\/p>\n
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Source: Mail Online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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