{"id":43125,"date":"2025-03-31T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=43125"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:14:33","slug":"referee-karate-kick-brawl-copa-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/referee-karate-kick-brawl-copa-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Copa Peru Clash Descends Into Chaos As Referee Karate Kicks Furious Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch the incredible moment that a Copa Peru clash descended into chaos after the match referee karate kicked a furious member of the losing team&#8217;s coaching staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Copa Peru clash between Sport Huaquilla and Magdalena CEDEC in Ancash came close to ending in a brawl after the match referee, Luis Alegre, launched a karate kick at a member of the losing team&#8217;s coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which occurred in the 82nd minute, looked to come in the form of self-defence.<\/p>\n<p>As seen in the video, the coach invaded the pitch clutching what looked to be a plastic water bottle and made a beeline towards the match referee after the official had brandished a red card.<\/p>\n<p>Alegre is then seen kicking the coach in the neck\/face area, sending him to the ground, before police intervened.<\/p>\n<p>Furious players surrounded the referee and his accompanying linesmen, but thankfully, the police gained control of the situation before letting it escalate any further.<\/p>\n<p>The man that received the Shawn Michaels-style kick got back up on his feet moments after the melee but was convinced by members of the Magdalena CEDEC playing squad to walk away, perhaps for his own good.<\/p>\n<h2>WATCH: Referee Performs Karate Kick During Copa Peru Clash<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea \u2022 Durante la Copa Per\u00fa, el \u00e1rbitro Luis Alegre iba a expulsar a un jugador del club que iba perdiendo, cuando entr\u00f3 un miembro t\u00e9cnico con botella en mano y le propin\u00f3 una patada adem\u00e1s <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DgCD1FcuOS\">pic.twitter.com\/DgCD1FcuOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2629 \ud835\udcd2\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcfe\ud835\udd01 \ud835\udce5\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf7\ud835\udcec\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcfd \u2720 \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udf39 (@CruxVincit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CruxVincit\/status\/1906607271909707947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the incident unfolded, the match commentators could be heard saying: \u201cCalm down lads, calm down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They continued by adding: \u201cThis sort of thing can\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, the game was suspended following the commotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the incredible moment that a Copa Peru clash descended into chaos after the match referee karate kicked a furious member of the losing team&#8217;s coaching staff. 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