🎥 Unhappy with the ref! Players suddenly stop dead on the pitch
African football witnessed one of the most bizarre scenes in the sport’s history. The incident took place in the Ivory Coast Cup (Coupe de Côte d’Ivoire). In protest at the referee’s performa...
🎥 Unhappy with the ref! Players suddenly stop dead on the pitch African football witnessed one of the most bizarre scenes in the sport’s history. The incident took place in the Ivory Coast Cup (Coupe de Côte d’Ivoire).
In protest at the referee’s performance, the players of Racing Club Abidjan simply stood still on the pitch throughout the second half. You can see what that looked like here. The opposing team, CO Korhogo, won the match 6–0.
Of the six goals, four came in the second half – hardly surprising. The first half had still gone normally. CO Korhogo took a 1–0 lead, then in first-half stoppage time the referee awarded the away side a penalty.
Racing Club Abidjan strongly disagreed with that decision, which led to the protest after the break. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.