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24th Jan 2016

Difficult day for the ref as ‘friendly’ between Argentine giants turns nasty

JOE

If you know anything about domestic football in Argentina, you’ll know that Boca Juniors and River Plate are great rivals.

The two sides, both from Buenos Aires, met in a ‘friendly’ recently – and predictably, things kicked off.

Four players were shown red cards in the game which contained a staggering 40 fouls.

Former Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez also conceded a penalty which saw River Plate score the only goal of the game.

For Tevez’s Boca side, the sending-offs followed two red cards in a 4-2 defeat by Racing Club earlier in the week.

 

Not bad going for a friendly match, eh?